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Title Overmountain Victory March
Date October 19, 1975
Description Photograph shows parked buses with several people nearby during the Overmountain Victory March celebration at Gillespie Gap, located near milepost 331 in section 2L of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Peggy Thompson on October 19, 1975.
Location Location Name: Gillespie Gap
Parkway Milepost: 330.9
Latitude: 35.8526233
Longitude: -82.0509476
Creator Individual Peggy Thompson
Tags Automobiles
Bus Travel
Gillespie Gap (N.C.)
Museum of North Carolina Minerals (N.C.)
People
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway