Event

My Enemy's, Enemy is My Friend

• 06/09/2018 Location: Moccasin Bend National Archeological District (Brown's Ferry Federal Road Trailhead), Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Fee Information: Free Contact Name: Kim Coons Contact Email: E-Mail Us Contact Phone Number: 706-866-9241 x139
  On Saturday, June 9, at 10 am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will provide a 60-minute program at the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road Trace (707 Moccasin Bend Road, Chattanooga, TN) in Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Participants should take the Manufacturer’s Road exit off Highway 27 and drive west. “Special Event” signs will be in place to assist participants to the program parking area. 
  
  Twenty-five years before the clouds of Civil War enshrouded the country, the Cherokee traveled the Brown’s Ferry Road across Moccasin Bend as they were forced to leave their ancestral homeland along the Trail of Tears. Thousands of Cherokee people died along these routes to their new homes. The survivors of this forced removal would eventually be caught in the bloodiest conflict in which the country has been engaged. The Cherokee, for the most part, sided with the Southern Confederacy. Why would the majority of the Cherokee people side with the states from which they were forced out?  
  
  As a reminder, comfortable, supportive footwear, portable chairs, appropriate clothing for the weather and water are recommended for this program.
  
  For more information about programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, contact the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 706-866-9241, the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center at 423-821-7786, or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/chch.