Showmen's Rest Cemetery (Tampa, Florida)
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Florida /
Tampa /
Tampa, Florida /
SE corner of North Boulevard and West Indiana
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/ Florida
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World / United States / Florida
cemetery, circus
Cemetery established in 1951 for circus, carnival, and outdoor amusement workers by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Greater Tampa Showmen's Association. 454 are interred here.
Prominent figures from America's Circus history buried here include Edmondo "Papa" Zacchini (Human Canonball), Carl J. Sedlmayr (Royal American Shows), and Grady Stiles (Lobster Boy).
Prominent figures from America's Circus history buried here include Edmondo "Papa" Zacchini (Human Canonball), Carl J. Sedlmayr (Royal American Shows), and Grady Stiles (Lobster Boy).
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 27°58'36"N 82°28'2"W
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery 5.5 km
- Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery 25 km
- Serenity Gardens Cemetery 37 km
- Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida 75 km
- Sarasota Memorial Park 79 km
- Sarasota National Cemetery 81 km
- Cape Canaveral National Cemetery 179 km
- Evergreen Cemetery 278 km
- Tallahassee National Cemetery 320 km
- Oaklawn Cemetery 362 km
- Tampa Heights 1.1 km
- Wellswood 1.5 km
- Old Seminole Heights 3 km
- Northeast Macfarlane 3.1 km
- Seminole Heights, Tampa, Florida 3.1 km
- Downtown Tampa 3.3 km
- Jackson Heights 4.4 km
- Palmetto Beach 6.5 km
- Hillsborough County, Florida 12 km
- Tampa Bay 26 km
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