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Pea Ridge National Military Park will be hosting a Trail of Tears Commemoration and Dedication on Saturday March 11, 2006. This event will be in partnership with The Cherokee Nation, National Trail of Tears Association, The National Park Service ? Long Distance Trails Group, the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma Trail of Tears Associations.

Over the last two years the Pea Ridge staff has been working on restoring the Trail of Tears section that runs through the east side of the park. This section, one of the longest intact sections of the Trail of Tears in existence, is part of the park?s trail network and this event will celebrate the restoration efforts on the trail.

The ceremony will begin at 2:00 pm at the Elkhorn Tavern. Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chad Smith, will speak along with other representatives of Cherokee Nation, the National Trail of Tears Association and the National Park Service. In addition, the Cherokee Choir under the direction of Russell Feeling and Miss Cherokee, LaShawna Fields, will be present and partake in the ceremonies. At the conclusion of the event, Principal Chief Chad Smith will lead those who would like to participate on a short walk on a restored section of the Trail of Tears, north of the Elkhorn Tavern. In addition, the Arkansas Chapter of the National Trail of Tears Association will hold its spring meeting in conjunction with this event at 10:00 am in the park?s Visitor Center. Dr. Daniel Littlefield, Jr. of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and noted Trail of Tears historian will present a program. This meeting is open to the public.

Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves the site of the March 1862 Civil War battle that saved Missouri for the Union and the longest restored section of the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears in Arkansas. The park is located 10 miles north of Rogers, Arkansas on US Highway 62.