Illinois Trail of Tears site where Cherokee buried named to National Historic Register
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Several graves in a cemetery near Anna, Illinois, hold Cherokee who died during their forced migration on the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. Thanks to local efforts, the cemetery now is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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