FAYETTEVILLE TRAIL OF TEARS

MEMORIAL FUND

YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

 

THANK YOU.

COME WALK WITH US ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER.  THE WALK WILL BE HELD REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER.

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DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1838, PURSUANT TO THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT, A GROUP OF 600-800 CHEROKEE, LED BY LT EDWARD DEES AND ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN BELL, A CHEROKEE LEADER, PASSED THROUGH FAYETTEVILLE AND LINCOLN COUNTY ON THEIR WAY TO OKLAHOMA. 

THEIR ROUTE  CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE BELL’S ROUTE OF THE TRAIL OF TEARS.  MORE THAN 170 YEARS LATER, IN 2009, THIS TRAIL WAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. PARK SERVICE AND ADDED TO THE LIST OF HISTORIC TRAILS.

SHATTUCK AND FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE SEEKS TO ERECT A MONUMENT ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE IN FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO WALKED AND PERISHED ON THIS TRAIL  SO LONG AGO, THAT THEY WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED.

YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PROJECT BY MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE MEMORIAL FUND AT THE US BANK IN FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE OR ON LINE VIA PAYPAL WHERE YOU CAN USE YOUR AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD OR VISA CARD.  SIMPLY CLICK ON THE DONATE BOX BELOW: