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Historian Seeks Zion Cemetery, Robles Pond Interviews
Do you have ancestors buried at Tampa Heights’ Zion Cemetery? Did you live in the area known as Robles Pond in 1950? Do you have photographs of yourself, your relatives or friends in Robles Pond or in the early days at Robles Park Village Homes? If so, you can be a part of the Zion Cemetery/Robles Pond Sankofa Project.
The existence of the African American Zion Cemetery was announced in the local press in June, 2019. Since then the Tampa Hous- ing Authority has led the ef- fort to respectfully honor the hundreds of burials that have been located on the Robles Park Village property.
Tampa Historian Fred Hearns, a member of the Zion Cemetery Advisory Committee, is conducting in- terviews with persons who want to share their memories of what life was like before 1954 in the area bordered by: Virginia Avenue (north), Lake Avenue (south), Central Avenue (east) and N. Florida Avenue (west).
The Tampa Housing Au- thority is planning to rede-
FRED HEARNS
velop Robles Park Village. The process includes relocat- ing current residents from the development and collect- ing the history of the site. Anyone who has memories or photos of the area taken in the 1950s or earlier should contact Hearns at (813) 545-3183 or fhearns@net- zero.net.
“We have lost too much of Tampa’s African American history over the years,” Hearns said. “Let’s preserve as many stories, photos and artifacts from the Zion Ceme- tery and from the Robles Pond area as possible.”
24 Hillsborough County Early Voting Locations
Early voting will begin in Hills- borough County on Monday, Au- gust 3rd and will continue until Sunday, August 16th. Registered voters can cast their ballots at the following locations between the hours of 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The locations are:
C. Blythe Andrews, Jr., Public
Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.; Tampa, 33610; University Area Community Cen- ter, 14013 N. 22nd St, Tampa, FL 33613;
West Tampa Branch Library, 2312 W. Union Street, Tampa, 33607;
Apollo Beach Recreation Cen- ter, 664 Golf and Sea Blvd., Apollo Beach, 33572;
Austin Davis Public Library, 17808 Wayne Rd, Odessa, FL 33556;
Bloomingdale Public Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Avenue, Val- rico, FL 33596;
Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W McLendon St, Plant City, FL 33563;
Fred B. Karl County Center, 601
E. Kennedy Blvd. 26th Floor; Tampa, 33602;
Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Li- brary, 3910 S. Manhattan Avenue; Tampa, 33611;
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Li- brary, 2902 W. Bearss Avenue; Tampa, 33618;
Maureen B. Gauzza Public Li- brary, 11211 Countryway Blvd, Tampa, FL 33626;
New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd.; Tampa, 33647;
North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd.; Tampa, 33604; Northdale Recreation Center, 15550 Spring Pine Dr., Tampa, FL 33624;
Port Tampa Community Cen- ter, 4702 W McCoy St, Tampa, FL 33616;
Providence West Community Center, 5405 Providence Rd, Riverview, FL 33578;
Riverview Branch Library, 10509 Riverview Drive, Riverview; 33578;
Robert L. Gilder Elections Serv- ice Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg,
Rd.; Tampa, 33619;
SouthShore Regional Library,
15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin; 33572;
Northwest Elections Office, 4575 Gunn Hwy, Tampa, FL 33624;
Southeast Elections Office, 10020 S US Hwy 301, Riverview, FL 33578;
USF TECO Hall, (David C. An- chin Center), 4110 USF Apple Dr., Tampa, FL, 33620;
Temple Terrace Public Library, 207 Bullard Parkway, Temple Ter- race; 33617 and
Town N’ Country Regional Li- brary, 7606 Paula Drive, Tampa; 33615.
Voters will be required to pro- vide one or two forms of identifi- cation. Acceptable identification includes: a Florida Driver's Li- cense; Florida ID Card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; U. S. Pass- port; Debit or Credit Card; Mili- tary ID; Student ID; Retirement Center ID; Neighborhood Associ- ation ID; or Public Assistance ID.
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