Tampa Bay Hotel
On June 14, 1898, Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
and the First United States Volunteer Cavalry,
known as the Rough Riders, embarked from Port
Tampa for victory in the Spanish-American War.
The Tampa Bay Hotel was used as headquarters
for general officers who came to organize an
invasion force for Cuba, and it gained national
attention. Lt. Col. Roosevelt and his wife, Edith
Kermit Carow Roosevelt, were hotel guests for
a brief stay. Later, Colonel Thoedore Roosevelt
became the 26th president of the United States
of America 1901-1909.
Marker is on University Drive near West Kennedy Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
