Fort Mims Indian War
Monument Dedication

Site of the Ft. Mims Massacre, Baldwin County, Alabama, where the
infamous massacre of hundreds of men, women, and children brutally
occurred over a period of seven hours on 30 August 1813
ushering in official hostilities with the Creek nation.






Inside the reconstructed stockade of Ft. Mims. The Creeks burned the entire stockade, blockhouse, and residence buildings after hatcheting and scalping the women and children within. Most of the men were shot during the resistance struggle.






Baldwin County, Alabama, re-enactresses at the ceremony:
(left to right) Mrs. Nicklaus Donis Warren, Mrs. Alice Bonner,
Mrs. Ralph Hughes, and Mrs. George R. Lee.






Inside the reconstructed stockade on the virtual site of Ft. Mims.






Re-enactors Henry Skinner (left) and Bert Blackmon (right) of Baldwin County.






Members and guests protected from the sun during the dedication ceremony at the Baldwin County Veterans Park. The pavillion was placed for the dedication
by the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History.






Re-enactors presenting our colours.

Our monument prior to the unveiling flanked by the volunteer re-enactors.






Re-enactors Bert Blackmon (left) and Henry Skinner (right)
flanking our still veiled monument.







Official Order of Indian Wars' representative
Hon. Richard Bender Abell welcoming members and guests.






Rev. COL John Eidsmoe USAFR (Ret)  giving the invocation
with Baldwin County Director of the Department of Archives and History,
Nicklaus Donis Warren bowing his head in prayer.






COL John Eidsmoe in prayer.






Director Nicklaus Donis Warren as the Master of Ceremonies for the dedication event.







Hon. Richard Bender Abell discussing the Order of Indian Wars.







Hon. Richard Bender Abell addressing the attendees
on the First Creek War of 1813-1814.







Our monument immediately prior to the unveiling flanked by
Director Nicklaus Donis Warren (left) and Hon. Richard Bender Abell (right).






The actual moment of unveiling by Edward Overton Cailleteau (left)
and Hon. Richard Bender Abell (right).





COL John Eidsmoe laying his hand on the monument
and giving his well worded blessing for it.





COL John Eidsmoe presenting the benediction for the event.






Members and guests shielding themselves from the mid-day sun.






The re-enactors presenting a musket fired salute in
honour of all those who perished during the First Creek War.






Members of the Order flanking our just unveiled monument: (left to right) Justin James Rojek of Montgomery, Alabama, Hon. Richard Bender Abell of Alexandria, Virginia, Thomas Edward Jacks of Mandeville, Louisiana, Edward Overton Cailleteau of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Nicolas Ignacia Quintana of Atlanta, Georgia.






Re-enactors.






Justin James Rojek (left) and COL John Eidsmoe USAFR (Ret) (right).






Hon. Richard Bender Abell standing next to our unveiled monument
reverse listing all the battles fought in Alabama during
the First Creek War of 1813-1814.






Close-up of the monument reverse.






Detail of the monument inscription on the reverse.






Obverse (front) of our monument on its site in the Baldwin County Veterans Park.
Note the bottom inscription Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori
(How sweet and proper it is to die for one's county) - 
this from the classic Roman poet Horace.
The dedication year of 2010 is also in Latin - MMX.






Edward Overton Cailleteau in discussion of his after-action
report to Hon. Richard Bender Abell.






Re-enactor Henry Skinner.




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