Fort Christmas Park and Museum

On December 25, 1837, a force of 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and Alabama volunteers arrived near this spot and constructed the eponymous fort.

Fort Christmas was only one of over 200 forts planned for construction during the Second Seminole Indian ...

Fort Christmas

As white settlers moved into Florida in the 1820's and 1830's, there were growing demands that the Seminole Indians be removed to a reservation west of the Mississippi. Efforts to convince the Seminoles to move failed, and in 1835 the ...