Loxahatchee Battlefield Preservationists 180 years later

The Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park in Jupiter, Florida is the site of the last great battle of the Second Seminole War. On January 24, 1838, Major General Thomas S. Jesup, accompanied by 1500 troops, stormed the headwaters of the Loxahatchee River where he met 300 Seminoles in battle. When Jesup's army came into Jupiter in 1838 it was the largest army assembled during the seven year war and the battle would be known as the Battle of the Loxahatchee River.

On Saturday, volunteers and spectators will gather at the Loxahatchee River Battlefield, the original location of the battle, which happened 180 years ago this month. The daylong event will feature the reenactment along with speakers Chris Davenport, Judge Nelson Bailey, Guy Bachmann and Dick Kazmar.

The Howitzer Canon, a period piece, is LOUDER than you can imagine.  

The muskets by contrast were just little pops.  

The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole, a Native American tribe that formed in Florida in the early 18th century, and the United States Army. Taken together, the Seminole Wars were the longest and most expensive (both in human and monetary terms) Indian Wars in United States history.