Revolutionary Roundtable Series: The Revolutionary War and the Cherokee Nation

The American Revolution was not the only war happening in the colonies during the 1700s. Tensions with the American colonists, the British government, and between Cherokee communities sparked phases of the Cherokee-American Wars, lasting 18 years. These conflicts resulted in an insurmountable number of Cherokee deaths, displacement, and cessation of thousands of acres of land in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley Territory to the American government.

Join Brandon Dillard, Director of Historic Interpretation and Audience Engagement with Monticello, as he discusses the ramifications of the American Revolution on the Cherokee Nation during the 18th century, and how the perception of these wars has been passed through generations of Cherokee to today.

Thursday, August 28
7pm
Roanoke History Museum
$5/Free for HSWV members


This lecture is made possible in part by a grant from VA250 Commission in partnership with Virginia Humanities.

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• This Saturday, 9th August, 10:00 am, N&W Architectural History Walking Tour in Roanoke
• This Saturday, 9th August, 11:00 am, Saturday at the Station: Transportation Edition in Roanoke