Special Event

Event

OVTA 50th March; Sycamore Shoals River Crossing!

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Fee:

Free.

Dates & Times

Date:

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Time:

1:00 PM

Duration:

3 hours

Type of Event

Cultural/Craft Demonstration
Living History
Partner Program
Performance
Talk

River-side ranger talk at 1:30pm. River crossing at 2pm. OVTA story at 3pm.


Description

For 50 years the Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) has recreated the 1780 journey to the Battle of Kings Mountain!

Join them at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton, Tennessee for their commemorative crossing of the Watauga River!

Ranger William of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail will provide a riverside program at 1:30pm discussing the importance of the gathering and what led the Overmountain Men to this moment in their story. 

At 2pm, the OVTA will re-create the gathering of frontier Patriots with a crossing of the Watauga River (weather permitting). 

At 3pm, the OVTA will gather at the reconstruction of Fort Watauga onsite and perform their dramatic storytelling about the "Journey to Kings Mountain."

Reservation or Registration: No