Florida Keys Memorial (Hurricane Monument)
Florida Keys Memorial
An Art Deco monument honoring the victims of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the United States. In the upper Florida Keys it killed more than 400 people, including many World War I veterans who were building the Overseas Highway, and it also destroyed Flagler's railroad. The monument was completed in Islamorada in 1937. Built of local coral stone, its relief sculptures show palm trees bent by fierce winds and giant waves, and the ashes of some of the victims are interred in a crypt beneath it. It stands beside the main highway, is free to visit, and a look takes about ten minutes.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- History of Diving Museum
- Theater of the Sea
- Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
- Indian Key Historic State Park
- Robbie's of Islamorada
- Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park
- Alligator Reef Lighthouse
- Rain Barrel Artisan Village