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Description: Statue at the entrance to the Sycamore Shoals State Park visitor center in Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, commemorating the site as the mustering grounds for the so-called "Overmountain Men," the frontier militia that helped defeat British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the American Revolution. The plaque at the base of the statue reads: Dedicated to the Spirit of the Overmountain Men Heroes of the American Revolution A Project of the City of Elizabethton Bicentennial Commission Dedicated September 25, 1999 Artist: Jon Mark Estep
Title: Overmountain-men-statue-tn1
Credit: Own work
Author: Jon Mark Estep (sculptor), Brian Stansberry (photograph)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License: CC BY 3.0
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