Fort Loudoun State Historic Area to Join Other East Tennessee Historical Sites to Celebrate Tennessee Statehood

Vonore, Tenn. – Fort Loudoun State Historic Area will join five other East Tennessee historical sites in a celebration of Tennessee Statehood Day on Saturday, June 2, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Festivities at Fort Loudoun will be held at the Tellico Blockhouse, which was a U.S. Army garrisoned post that operated from 1794 through 1807, and is now part of the park.

In addition to Fort Loudoun State Historic Area, the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, and the James White Fort, Marble Springs State Historic Site, Ramsey House and the Blount Mansion, all in the Knoxville area, will take part in the celebration.

Each site will feature a variety of activities including historical reenactments, music, and dancing, as well as arts and crafts demonstrations.

Fort Loudoun State Historic Area is a 1,200-acre site on the location of one of the earliest British fortifications on the western frontier, built in 1756. Nearby were the principle towns of the Cherokee Nation including Tenase, namesake of our state, and Tuskegee, birthplace of Sequoyah. Today the fort and the 1794 Tellico Blockhouse overlook TVA’s Tellico Reservoir and the Appalachian Mountains and are located one mile off Highway 411 on Highway 360 in Vonore.

For more information about the Tennessee Statehood Day celebration, contact the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area office at 423-884-6217 or the Blount Mansion at (865) 525-2375. For more information about Fort Loudoun State Historic Area, visit the Web site at: www.tnstateparks.com/FortLoudoun.