Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 27, 2006 12:00:40 GMT -5
House panel passes Trail of Tears expansion bill
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 5:34 p.m.
www.tfponline.com/absolutenm/templates/breaking.aspx?articleid=2196&zoneid=41
By Edward Lee Pitts
Washington Bureau
A bill calling for a major expansion of the trail memorializing the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from the Southeast in the 1830s passed a House committee today.
The bill would require the National Park Service to certify two routes used by some of the 15,000 Cherokees exiled from homes in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina.
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., sponsor of the bill, said the full House is expected to vote on the measure sometime next month.
The bill would add to the Trail of Tears such places as Ross´s Landing in Chattanooga and Fort Cass on the Hiwassee River in Calhoun, Tenn.
The two segments, called the Benge and Bell routes, began at Fort Payne, Ala., and Charleston, Tenn., respectively.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 5:34 p.m.
www.tfponline.com/absolutenm/templates/breaking.aspx?articleid=2196&zoneid=41
By Edward Lee Pitts
Washington Bureau
A bill calling for a major expansion of the trail memorializing the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from the Southeast in the 1830s passed a House committee today.
The bill would require the National Park Service to certify two routes used by some of the 15,000 Cherokees exiled from homes in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina.
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., sponsor of the bill, said the full House is expected to vote on the measure sometime next month.
The bill would add to the Trail of Tears such places as Ross´s Landing in Chattanooga and Fort Cass on the Hiwassee River in Calhoun, Tenn.
The two segments, called the Benge and Bell routes, began at Fort Payne, Ala., and Charleston, Tenn., respectively.