would become St. Augustine National Cemetery. In addition to Dade's command, more than 1,400 soldiers were interred in three mass graves. These men are memorialized by the Dade Monument, which is composed of three distinct pyramids, constructed of native coquina stone, and an obelisk. The dedication of the memorial at a ceremony on August 14, 1842, marked the end of the Florida Indian Wars. The Dade Monument was erected in 1845 at the United States Military Academy Cemetery to honor Major Dade and the men under his command killed in the Seminole War. Miami-Dade County, Florida (Dade County, until 1997); Dade County, Georgia; Dade County, Missouri; Dadeville, Alabama; and Dade City, Florida are all named after Major Dade. The now decommissioned fort on Egmont Key was also named for him. The battle is re-enacted at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each year. In 2002, the Dade County Courthouse was renamed the Major Francis Langhorne Dade County Courthouse by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County. In the resolution changing the courthouse's name, the Board noted that it found "that Major Francis Langhorne Dade is a person who made a significant contribution to Miami-Dade County". Notes References Dade's Last Command (1995) by Frank Laumer () John T. Kneebone et al., eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 1998- ), 3: 658–659. () External links http://www.abfla.com/parks/DadeBattlefield/dadebattlefield.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050831030840/http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/staugustine.htm http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiDADEMASS.html 1793 births 1835 deaths United States Army officers Deaths by firearm in Florida People from King George County, Virginia American people of the Seminole Wars American military personnel killed in the American Indian Wars