their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. i want to welcome dr. denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the imp
thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the importance of place and the way the land has helped shape community and people over time. so let s start by talking about the cherokee if you will introduce
with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the importance of place and the way the land has helped shape community and people over time. so let s start by talking about the cherokee if you will introduce our audience to who s the cher
the way up into the present. i want to welcome dr. denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the importance of place and the way the land has helped shape communi
program. i m stan deaton with the georgia historical society, and we re so glad that you ve joined us today for our special program. we are joined by dr. andrew denson western carolina university. the theme of this year s georgia history festival is about the importance of place in georgia, and we re going to be really focusing today on the experience of the cherokee people in georgia history. what happened to them and the way that georgians have remembered their history and their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. i want to welcome dr. denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is t