Our Nation’s 250th Anniversary is just around the corner, and the Tennessee Society is excited to kick off our celebrations with an upcoming marking. Today’s blog is from our America 250th! Committee Chair Carol Teeters about this event. In Service, Cecile
Join the Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to dedicate the “DAR America 250 Our Patriots Marker” at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. The goal of these markers is to raise public awareness of the courage and sacrifice of the Patriots who won America’s independence.
We can think of no more appropriate location than Sycamore Shoals to place the first of three planned Our Patriot markers in Tennessee as it is the location in Tennessee with the strongest ties to the American Revolution. “In July 1776 Old Abram of Chilhowee led a group of Cherokees in an attack on the Watauga settlement. Repulsed in the initial attack, the Cherokees besieged the fort for two weeks. By the time reinforcements arrived from the Holston settlement, the Cherokees had already abandoned the siege. In 1780 the Overmountain Men gathered at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga before marching to the battle of Kings Mountain.” (tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fort-watauga/). The Overmountain Men were frontiersmen and included such notables at John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, and John Rhea.
This dedication will follow the 241st anniversary of the “Gathering at Sycamore Shoals” hosted by the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution which begins at 10:00 a.m.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site is located at 1651 West Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643. In Service, Carol Teeters
