Trail of Tears Commemoration Day
The forced removal of the Five Tribes from their homelands killed thousands and remains unresolved.
The Trail of Tears Commemoration Day on September 16 marks the beginning of the forced relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations) from their southeastern homelands to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi, beginning in the fall of 1838. Fol