The Battle of Okeechobee was by all accounts the longest and one of the fiercest engagements of the Seminole Wars and it happened on Christmas Day 184 years ago. Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford, a Civil War/Seminole War reenactor and member of the Okeechobee Battlefield Friends set aside some time to unpack the events surrounding this seminal moment in Florida history and discuss the annual reenactment which takes place at the Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park. It was an event that had lasting ramifications not only shaping Florida as we know it, but one that rippled onto the national stage and it all started between the beaches...