TUSCUMBIA-On Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20, 2013, Shoals area residents entertained re-enactors from the War of 1812 as they made their way to Nashville along the Natchez Trace Parkway. A commemoration of the return of soldiers who traveled from Tennessee to near Natchez. Miss., with Gen. Andrew Jackson in 1812 to battle the British began Friday with a parade in Natchez. As the re-enactors made their way to Nashville, they stopped in communities along the Natchez Trace Parkway for living history programs and other events aimed at increasing awareness of the role the Natchez Trace played to the war to preserve America’s freedom.
The Shoals was one of the major stops of the tour.
The Quad-Cities Daily was on hand at the events at the Tennessee Valley Art Museum, Tuscumbia Landing in Sheffield, and the commemoration of the crossing of the Tennessee River by Andrew Jackson’s army after the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. We present the photos here. Feel free to print out these ‘large-sized’ images, as they will make a nice 5×7. Just remember that they are for your personal, NON-COMMERCIAL USE only.
You may read our earlier story HERE.
Photos by Mary Carton and Sheri Wiggins
