Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to the site of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama for a memorial service on the event's 210th anniversary.
Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of Horseshoe Bend. The battle was the single bloodiest day of conflict for Native Americans with U.S.
One thousand warriors, along with women and children from six tribal towns, had taken refuge on the site, named for the sharp bend of the Tallapoosa River. They were attacked on March 27, 1814, by a force of 3,000 led by future U.S. President Andrew Jackson. 'They were going to fight to the end. The warriors were going to do what they could do to protect the women and children, protect themselves, protect our freedom, what we had here,' Hill said.
Our tribal towns remain. Our culture remains. Our people remain. Our blood remains. And our ideas remain,' Jonodev Chaudhuri, the Muscogee Nation ambassador to the United States, said. The 'sacrifices and the loss of life of those 857 have provided light and life for us,' Chaudhuri said.
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Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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