Port Tampa Cemetery: 121 possible graves inside MacDill Air Force Base (Interbay Blvd. and Manhattan Ave., Tampa, found 2022–2024)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 2022 · Places: Florida
SUMMARYPort Tampa Cemetery: 121 possible graves inside MacDill Air Force Base (Interbay Blvd. and Manhattan Ave., Tampa, found 2022–2024) [Connections: Tampa Bay, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDMacDill officials announced in January 2024 that a 2022–2023 survey using GPR, cadaver dogs, historical records and oral accounts found 121 potential gravesites (58 "probable," 63 "possible") in a field near the Tanker Way Gate. The search began in 2019 when the Tampa Bay History Center told the base a cemetery might be there; the Times describes it as the burial ground "for people who lived in the old city of Port Tampa." A base official said they want "to give those who are laid to rest here the dignity and respect that they deserve."
PATTERNA Black community's burial ground ended up inside a federal military base
LENS (WW9)Even the Air Force base sits on our dead
OPENWhen and how the land entered the base; names of those buried
SOURCEFOX 13, Jan. 19, 2024; It began with Zion (Tampa Bay Times).