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In 1935, Koonce promoted the idea to conduct a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Dade Massacre. [29] To mark the centennial of the Dade Massacre, organizers planned a reenactment of the battle. The Seminoles were to be invited to join and to formally sign a peace treaty with the United States government. [30]
Dade Monument, St. Augustine National Cemetery The Dade battle (often called the Dade massacre) was an 1835 military defeat for the United States Army.. Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 the U.S. was attempting to force the Seminoles to move away from their land in Florida provided by the Treaty of Moultrie Creek (following the American annexation of Spanish Florida see the Adams-Onis ...
On December 28, 1835, 180 Seminoles ambushed Major Francis L. Dade and his two U.S. Army companies of 110 soldier, resulting in the Dade battle. All but three of Dade's men were killed. The massacre began the Second Seminole War. A regiment of Tennessee militiamen [6] led by Major Robert Armstrong, built Fort Armstrong at the site of Dade's ...
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A Correct and Authentic Narrative of the Indian War in Florida: with Description of Maj. Dade's Massacre, and an Account of the Extreme Suffering, for Want of Provisions, of the Army. New York: J. Narine, Printer; Bemrose, John (1966). Reminiscences of the Second Seminole War. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
Correct and Authentic Narrative of the Indian War in Florida, with a Description of Dade's Massacre and an Account of the Extreme Suffering, For Want of Provisions, of the Army, Having Been Obliged to Eat Horses' and Dogs' Flesh, etc. New York: J. Narine, Printer, 11 Wall St. Bemrose, John (1966). Reminiscences of the Second Seminole War.
The Church Street Historic District is a historic district in Dade City, Florida. The district runs along Church Street, between 9th and 17th Streets. It covers 14 acres (0.057 km 2), and contains 34 historic buildings and 1 structure. On August 21, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .