Camp Florence
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women who served our county in war and peace and to a significant era of rich local history.
Camp Florence, an army training facility, once occupied the grounds now known as "Four Parks".
Beginning in 1943 it housed Italian and German prisoners from WWII.
This bell hung in a stone chapel built by Italian prisoners. When the camp was dismantled, Jerry Thompson preserved the bell. His widow Marge donated the bell to the Florence Gardens History Committee in 2005.
May future generations be reminded of Camp Florence and it's role in History.
Marker is at the intersection of North Illinois Street and Arizona Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on North Illinois Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
