Dade Pyramids, (sculpture).

Dade Pyramids, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Dade Pyramids, (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 14, 1842.

Sculpture: coquina; Foundation: concrete.

Three pyramids, built of coquina blocks plastered with cement, mark underground vaults where the remains of 1,460 soldiers are interred.

History -- United States -- Indian Wars

Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- St. Augustine

Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420

Located St. Augustine National Cemetery, 104 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

The three pyramids mark the graves of 1,460 soldiers killed during the Seminole Indian War, including 106 men under the command of Major Francis L. Dade who were massacred on December 28, 1835. Only two soldiers were able to escape the massacre. The remains of the soldiers were buried in vaults at St. Augustine National Cemetery in February of 1836. Troops at St. Francis Barracks, next to the cemetery, installed the pyramids, which were dedicated on August 14, 1842. There is a bronze tablet on one of the pyramids that was attached during the 1920s.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.

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