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The marker (not shown) reads, "WEST CAMPUS OF THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY - TALLAHASSEE BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA After World War II, many veterans returning to Florida sought a college education through the GI Bill. The all-male University of Florida (UF) experienced record enrollment as thousands of veterans applied to the university. Unable to accommodate all of the students, UF asked veterans if some would be willing to attend the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee. In September 1946, the Florida Legislature authorized the opening of the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida (TBUF). This was the first time male students attended FSCW since the school became a woman's institution in 1905. To house the more than 500 male students, FSCW purchased land and buildings west of the main campus. This area had been the location of Dale Mabry Field, the city's first airport and a World War II Army Air Corp training field. Former barracks and officers' headquarters were converted into student housing, classrooms and other administrative buildings for the expanded campus. One year later, FSCW became the coeducational Florida State University (FSU), which continued to use the 'West Campus' to accommodate the university's students."

Accompanying note: "Fifth graders from Tallahassee's Sabal Palm Elementary School wave West Campus pennants on Oct. 30, 2012, at the unveiling of a historical marker for Florida State University's West Campus. That was the name given to a former World War II military base (Dale Mabry Field) that FSU used from 1946 to 1956. Sabal Palm Elementary opened in 1962 on the site of a former school built in 1948 to house the children of students at West Campus."