John Moss (left) and Chris Hammett are historical re-enactors from Spartanburg County, S.C., who have come to join with many other re-enactors to once again recreate the Gathering of Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals on Sept. 25, 1780. The two men will participate with the annual crossing of the Watauga River on Sunday. They will not be able to take the whole march to Kings Mountain because they have committed to another re-enactment next week at Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, South Carolina.
John Moss (left) and Chris Hammett are historical re-enactors from Spartanburg County, S.C., who have come to join with many other re-enactors to once again recreate the Gathering of Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals on Sept. 25, 1780. The two men will participate with the annual crossing of the Watauga River on Sunday. They will not be able to take the whole march to Kings Mountain because they have committed to another re-enactment next week at Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, South Carolina.
ELIZABETHTON — The annual re-enactment of the gathering of the Overmountain Men is taking place this weekend at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park.
This event has been taking place since before the start of the American Bicentennial. In 1975, three boy scouts were among those who completed the first re-enactment of the Overmountain march (approximately 214 miles in one direction) from Elizabethton to Kings Mountain, S.C. They were met there by then Vice President Nelson Rockefeller at Kings Mountain National Military Park.
