{"id":136542,"date":"2024-10-28T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=136542"},"modified":"2024-10-28T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:32:46","slug":"rogers-park-golf-course-receives-historical-marker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=136542","title":{"rendered":"ROGERS PARK GOLF COURSE RECEIVES HISTORICAL MARKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136543\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Front-Page-Rogers-Park-Marker-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Front-Page-Rogers-Park-Marker-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Front-Page-Rogers-Park-Marker-1-160x69.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>ROGERS PARK GOLF COURSE RECEIVES HISTORICAL MARKER<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On October 4, 2024, the Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council revealed a historic marker at Rogers Park Golf Course, in honor of the first Black golf course in Tampa.\u00a0 Gathered for the special recognition were Alison Smith, Chair, Hillsborough County Advisory Council, Joseph W. J. Robison, Tampa Sports Authority Board member, Gwen Myers, Hillsborough County Commissioner, James Ransom, grandson of G.D. Rogers, John Simpson, Director of Marketing for Black Golf Hall of Fame, Lionel Ballard, Author, <i>Rogers Golf Park Course: 18 Holes of History<\/i>, and Tampa Mayor, Jane Castor.\u00a0 (Photograph by BRUNSON)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROGERS PARK GOLF COURSE RECEIVES HISTORICAL MARKER \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On October 4, 2024, the Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council revealed a historic marker at Rogers Park Golf Course, in honor of the first Black golf course in Tampa.\u00a0 Gathered for the special recognition were Alison Smith, Chair, Hillsborough County Advisory Council, Joseph W. J. Robison, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-articles","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136544,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136542\/revisions\/136544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}