May 26, 1838, was the start of what we know today as the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of 16,000 members of the ...

People in the Little River region were rounded up and marched along the Trail of Tears’ Benge Route, so-named for John Benge, who led the detachment of soldiers leading the march. At Lake ...

Trail of Tears Commemorative Park ... 11,000 Cherokee walked through what is now part of the Pea Ridge National Military Park ...

The team rides the Trail of Tears' northern route in remembrance of the forced removal. Kevin Eads, superintendent of the National Military Park, welcomes the new signs and the association's efforts.

the Cherokee traveled with a military escort. They left behind highly coveted land that was, even as they walked, being divided up among white land speculators. The Trail of Tears was a journey of ...

Therefore, Harry would have been discharged from his military service in April 1865 ... during the forced removal of the CN over the Trail of Tears. The Bushyhead detachment left on Oct. 6 ...

21, for the 31st annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride ... Highlights of the festival include a "living history" exhibit of a soldier encampment, as well as demonstrations from ...

Trail of Tears: The Hymn is a narrative short film on the true story of a Cherokee man who transcribed his grandmother’s hymn into a journal before being forced to walk the Trail of Tears.

The Trail of Tears Remembrance Committee is working with Native groups to honor people who passed through Steelville during their forced removal from their ancestral homes in the East by the U.S ...

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...