This May I traveled, with two good friends and colleagues, along the Northern (and Southern) most route(s) of the Trail of Tears (1838-39). The historical trail and markers trace the forced removal and relocation of the Cherokee peoples from their lands to those assigned them, west of the Mississippi River. Over the course of a week, we traveled from the state of Georgia to Tahlequah, Oklahoma (the Capital of the Cherokee Nation) and back again. Narrative to follow... Pair Visual Journey With: This American Life, Episode 107: Trail of Tears (July 1998) And these words from my grandmother, after I told her about my trip: "I never liked Andrew Jackson anyways!" Part truth, part hyperbole - because history is always more complex than simply good and evil, love and hate. And for a further reminder that memory and place are complicated, apparently one can get married at The Hermitage, former home of President Andrew Jackson (and 150 of his slaves). From the knot. To be fair, the grounds are very beautiful. More on the shared space of beauty and suffering later.
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