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225th Anniversary: Celebration Will Mark County's Birth
Sun Photo by Jim Feltman. The Greene County Heritage Trust will hold a day of “Celebrating our Heritage” on April 26 to mark the 225th anniversary of the formation of Greene County in 1783. Activities will be held in Bicentennial Park (shown above, beyond the footbridge). The park is the area between the Big Spring, located behind the Greeneville-Greene County Library, and the log cabin replica of the Capitol of the Lost State of Franklin, shown in the left background of this photo. Bicentennial Park was developed in 1983 in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Greeneville in 1783,
Source: The Greeneville Sun
by Tom Yancey
Date: 2008-03-21
Greene County Heritage Trust will hold a day of "Celebrating our Heritage" on Saturday, April 26, which is the 225th anniversary of the formation of Greene County in 1783.
A proclamation declaring April 26 as the "225th anniversary for Greeneville and Greene County was signed recently by Greeneville Mayor Darrell Bryan and County Mayor Alan Broyles, at the request of the Heritage Trust.
The proclamation urges citizens and groups to "celebrate the 225th anniversary in an appropriate manner."
According to a press release, the day's activities will be centered in the area of the "Capitol of the Lost State of Franklin" replica cabin on College Street, and the "Big Spring" area behind the Greeneville/Greene County Library in downtown Greeneville.
The Overmountain Victory Trail Association, a Revolutionary War period reenacting group, and local reenactors will march from the cabin to the Old Harmony Cemetery behind Town Hall, for a memorial service honoring the founders and other early settlers of Greene County.
The memorial service will include the firing of a volley of muskets by members of the Overmountain group.
After the memorial service, the public is invited to return to the cabin area where reenactors will present a drama titled "The Story," which portrays Overmountain men's campaign to defeat the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina. Pioneer settlers from all over East Tennessee mustered for the campaign at Sycamore Shoals in present-day Elizabethton.
The colonial militia group marched over the rugged mountains to help win a victory that Gen. George Washington called one of the turning points of the Revolution.
Trust President Tim Massey said the drama will conclude with a portrayal of Greene Countian Daniel Kennedy, a Kings Mountain veteran, as Kennedy introduced controversial legislation to form a new county.
Greene County was formed by the North Carolina legislature.
Massey said reenactors will be encamped in the cabin area for the celebration.
Other activities are in the planning stages, Massey said.
Visitors will be encouraged to take the "Walk with the President" tour, visit the Nathanael Greene Museum, the Andrew Johnson National Historic Sites, and the Dickson-Williams Mansion.
Historic and genealogical groups are invited to set up displays during the day's activities, as well.
For more information, contact Heritage Trust Chairman Sam Miller at 639-6131, or president Tim Massey at 798-0525.
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