SW0131 How Well Regulated Must a Militia Be to Ensure Security of a Free State...or Florida Territory?

In our eighth installment in Martial Matters of the Seminole Wars, Jesse Marshall returns one more time. He explains in detail one more aspect of the 2nd Amendment: the purpose of a militia being “well regulated” and what exactly “well regulated” entails at the federal, state, and individual levels. How did this "regulation" ensure a capable militia could muster to defend the security of the free Florida territory during operations to remove Seminole from the peninsula. Jesse Marshall spells it out.

Living history interpreters portray Florida militia assembled for duty for territorial defense during the Seminole Wars, at Florida Pioneer Museum in Dade City. (Below) The militia would form and often assemble next to active duty "regular" troops. (Photos by Andrew Foster)

Militia mustered with and without uniforms -- and with and without fire arms. Jesse Marshall, as a living history interpreter, conducts an inspection of some citizen soldiers assembled at Founder's Day November 2021 at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park. Below are some firearms they might have mustered with in the Florida Territory.

Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Fla.

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