Bell's & Benge's Memorial Motorcycle Ride

November 13, 2010 Next Ride!
Call 931-424-4044 for more details!

In 1830, with Tennessean Andrew Jackson as President, the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. Tennessee Congressman David Crockett bitterly opposed the bill with many others, yet it passed by only one vote.
The Indian removal of 1838-1839 displaced over 100,000 Native American Indians from their ancestral homes in the Southeastern United States to a reservation over 1,000 miles away in the territory now known as Oklahoma. This removal was conducted by forcing the Indians to travel by four primary routes. Approximately 4000 died along the way, and the Cherokees called it, "Nunna dual Isuny", which translates as "The Trail Where We Cried".
Today, it is referred to as the Trail of Tears.

The Giles County Trail of Tears Memorial is being developed in Pulaski, TN in an effort to preserve and protect the 1838-1839 Trail of Tears Routes. The convergence of these two historic trails in Pulaski, and Crockett’s strong opposition to the Indian removal inspired the construction of a fitting memorial to the Trail of Tears and to David Crockett.