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Battle of Okeechobee reenactment last weekend in Feb each year. Second Seminole War event. See our website at www.okeechobeebattlefield.com

10/16/2026

Tomorrow Saturday October 17th!

10/16/2026

There will be a display of artifacts from the Battle of Okeechobee from October 17th until December 4th, Monday through Fridays, 9am-5pm in the foyer of the historic Okeechobee Courthouse.

The opening ceremony is tomorrow Saturday, October 17th at 10am and the event will last until 2pm. With participation from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe, Seminole vendors, craftsmen, food, books, and other informational displays will be set up in the courtyard.

Based on a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., “Americans” highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began.

The exhibition examines three stories that are part of American national culture. The first is devoted to Pocahontas, the young Powhatan woman who played a key role in saving the colony of Jamestown. Another story explores the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Signed by President Andrew Jackson, the act envisioned a United States without Indians. This story is one that we in Okeechobee are most familiar with as one of the major battles of the Seminole Wars happened in Okeechobee on Christmas Day 1837. The third looks at the complicated story of the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand. “Americans” explores how these events have been remembered and represented throughout the years.

Okeechobee Historic Courthouse
304 NW 2nd Street
Okeechobee, Fl 34974

06/17/2026

Nice production by the Florida Channel on the Seminole Wars!

The Seminole Wars were the longest and costliest Native American conflicts in U.S. history. Also referred to as “The Long War,” the battles took a toll on the

04/28/2026

Battle of Okeechobee represented at 2026 Convocation of Seminole War Historians at Ft King L-R: Moses Osceola, Shawn Henderson, and Dowling Watford. (Photo courtesy Andrew Foster)

Address

3500 SE 38th Avenue
Okeechobee, FL
34974

Telephone

+18636102333

Website

http://www.okeechobeebattlefield.com/

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