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Upcoming Events

Here is a listing of the upcoming events in which the Florida Frontier Guard will participate:
 
 

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A typical Militia Man of the early 19th Century.

 
Dade City Pioneer Florida Museum. Dade City, FL. Second Seminole War living history, September, 2010. [more info. forthcoming...]
 
Alligator Festival & Reenactment of the Battle of San Felasco Hammock, Fri. Oct. 29-Sun. Oct. 31, 2010. Now held at O'Leno State Park. The reenactment will be of a skirmish between Seminole warriors and Florida volunteers which occurred at nearby San Felasco Hammock in September, 1836.  For more information check out the event website at: http://alligatorfest.org/index.php
 
Candlelight Tours of Fort Foster: Fort Foster State Historic Site. Friday Dec. 10 and Sat. Dec. 11 from 5-9 PM. Night time living history tours and skirmish at Fort Foster in Hillsborough River State Park.  This is pure living history. No vendors, etc. For more info. see the website: http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortfoster/events.cfm?viewevent=5436#5436
 
Dade Battlefield State Historic Park: Reenactment of "Dade's Massacre" of December 31, 1835. To be held at the park on Sat. Jan. 1 and Sun. Jan. 2, 2011.  This event needs Seminoles and US Army regulars only for the battles. For more information, see the Dade Battlefield Society Website at: http://www.dadebattlefield.com/
 
Okeechobee Battlefield, State Historic Site: Battle of Okeechobee Reenactment, February 5-6, 2011.  Battle Reenactments at 2:00 PM Sat. Feb. 5th and 1:00 PM on Sun. Feb. 6th. The Florida Frontier Guard (and friends) portrays Missouri Volunteers at this event.  For more information, see the event website: http://www.okeechobeebattlefield.com/
 
Fort Foster Rendezvous: Thurs. Feb. 10 thru Sun. Feb. 13, 2011. Held by the Florida Frontiersmen, Inc. Pre-1840 rendezvous event, includes living history and skirmishes at the fort site. For more information, see: http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortfoster/events.cfm?viewevent=5458#5458
 
The Big Cypress Shootout: February 25-27, 2011, Hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, at the Billie Swamp Safari on the Big Cypress Reservation. All Seminole War impressions welcome. See the event website at: http://www.bigcypressshootout.com/
 
Fort Cooper Days: Fort Cooper State Park, March, 2011. Inverness, FL.  Full date and information TBA soon! Two battles both days. Great camping as usual. Here we interpret Georgia Volunteers of Major M.A. Cooper's 1st Battalion of Georgia Foot, March, 1836.
 
St. Augustine Living History, April, 2011.  Date and info. TBA. Hosted by Co. A, 7th US Infantry, St. Augustine, Florida. Military and Seminole Camps in Fountain of Youth Park.  Living History in the Castillo De San Marcos National Park on Sat. April 24, and at Fountain of Youth Park. For more information contact Joe Blunt at Mudcatsgt@earthlink.net
 
 
More to come...
 
 


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Burn! South Carolina Volunteers torch a Seminole Village in Florida, 1836.

Second Seminole War Reenactors, 1835-1842