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Title | Overmountain Victory March |
Date | October 19, 1975 |
Description | Photograph of automobiles and people gathered outside the Museum of North Carolina Minerals during the Overmountain Victory March at Gillespie Gap, near milepost 331 in section 2L of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The march commemorated the Revolutionary War Overmountain Men and the upcoming U.S. bicentennial. Taken by Peggy Thompson on October 19, 1975. |
Location |
Location Name: Museum of North Carolina Minerals Parkway Milepost: 331.0
Latitude: 35.853343
Longitude: -82.051997 |
Creator Individual | Peggy Thompson |
Tags |
Automobiles
Gillespie Gap (N.C.) Museum of North Carolina Minerals (N.C.) People Photographs |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |