Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Overmountain Victory March |
| Date | October 19, 1975 |
| Description | Photograph of children marching and drumming outside the Museum of North Carolina Minerals, located near milepost 331 in section 2L of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Peggy Thompson during the Overmountain Victory March celebration held on October 19, 1975. The march commemorated the Revolutionary War Overmountain Men and the upcoming U.S. bicentennial. |
| Location |
Location Name: Museum of North Carolina Minerals Parkway Milepost: 331.0 |
| Creator Individual | Peggy Thompson |
| Tags |
Gillespie Gap (N.C.)
Museum of North Carolina Minerals (N.C.) People Photographs |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
