Markers and Monuments, Stand Watie Monument, Tahlequah, Okla. [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1960]

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Markers and Monuments, Stand Watie Monument, Tahlequah, Okla. [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [1960]

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Negative taken for September 8, 1960, Arkansas Gazette article "Cherokees Mark Holiday at End of Trail of Tears," B1:2. he Cherokee National Holiday has been held at Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, since 1953. he celebration commemorates the founding of the Cherokee Nation on September 6, 1839, when several factions of Cherokees made peace with one another and drew up a constitution. monument to General Stand Watie, the only Cherokee General in the Confederate Army, is located in the town square of Tahlequah. The monument reads, "In honor of Gen. Stand Watie, the only full blood Indian Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army. This brave Cherokee rendered heroic service to the Confederate cause in Ind. Terr. Born in GA. Dec. 12, 1806, died in Cher. Nat. Sept. 9, 1871. A tribute to his memory by Okla. Div. United Daughters of the Confederacy. 'Lest we forget.'"

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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