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Title
Loyal Cherokees (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Description
The Loyal Cherokee tablet is a bronze plaque set into the face of a column made of rough native stone. It is engraved with the profile of Will West Long who was a descendant of a Cherokee Confederate Veteran. The opening of the marker was attended by a troop of Boy Scouts, locals and several Native American tribes. It was made to "[stress] the need of southern history being perpetuated and eulogized the Indian soldiers of the Confederacy'. This was in response to the men who became part of companies A and B of the 6th NC Regiment, broadly made up of able-bodied Native American men, who served as scouts and home guards along the border with Tennessee. Several Native American members sang both "America' and "Beulah Land' in their native tongues. It is flagged by World War One markers that commemorate fallen Cherokees during that war.
Creator
Raleigh Marble Works, Builder
Source
american
Date
2015-10-13
Contributor
ns208@st-andrews.ac.uk
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
1986
Extent
36" x 24" x 72"
Spatial Coverage
current,35.784860,-78.627480;
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Loyal Cherokees
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/_Loyal_Cherokees
Monument Type
Tablet
Funded by
The first district of the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
Material
Bronze, Local Hewn Stone
Inscription
Front: IN HONOR OF THOSE / BRAVE CHEROKEE INDIANS / LOYAL TO / THE CONFEDERACY / 1861-1865 / COMMANDED BY / COL. WM. H. THOMAS / ERECTED BY THE FIRST DISTRICT / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / 1935
State
North Carolina
County
Swain
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Raleigh