LOCAL
Living history
Dade Battle Reenactment in Bushnell a glimpse of life in 1835
Staff Writer
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![Air filled with the smoke of cannon fire, the dwindling remains of Major Francis Langhorne Dade's command try to fend off the Seminoles, Saturday at the Dade Battle Reenactment in Bushnell. [LINDA CHARLTON / CORRESPONDENT]](/gcdn/authoring/2018/01/06/NDAC/ghows-LK-622233ee-1ee6-1dfd-e053-0100007fc7ab-b7e6dc3c.jpeg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
BUSHNELL — The Dade Battle Reenactment is taking place this weekend at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park in Bushnell. The living history camps and demonstrations and vendors last 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with the actual battle taking place at 2 p.m. This year's reenactment of the Dec. 28, 1835 battle that kicked off the Second Seminole War is dedicated to John Griffin. Griffin is a sitting Groveland council member and a veteran reenactor of black Seminole descent.
