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TOTRAI Board Of Directors
Ride Leader - Bill Cason
Ride Information - Jim Dunn
1-877-TOT-TRIP
(868-8747)
Bill Cason has led the Trail of Tears
Ride for Sixteen Years
(1994 - 2009)
Jim Dunn - President
Ken Markham - Vice-President
Ellen Pittman - Secretary
Bill Cason - Treasure
Sam Myers - Board Member
Charlie Peek - Board Member
Charlie Schaerer - Board Member
Terry Sweet - Board Member
From Left to Right,
Photo Provided by Dee
Dunn
Sammy Myers, Bill Cason, Ken Markham, Ellen Pittman, Jim
Dunn, Perry White
not pictured Charlie Peek, Charlie Schaerer, and Terry Sweet
Welcome to our two newest board members
Charlie Peek, and Charlie Schaerer.
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READ THE REASON FOR THE ROUTE CHANGE
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The Trail of Tears Remembrance would like to welcome the
following new sponsors for this year.
Woodmen of the World is providing funding such that an new historical
marker can be located in Fayetteville, TN, See sponsor
page for more information.
Foster Harley-Davidson, Tuscumbia, AL. Foster will
sponsor a block party Saturday evening at the Dealership
in Tuscumbia.
Scholarship Presentation photos for this year
and years past click here
Trail of Tears Remembrance Association Ride Web Site
NO
REGISTRATION & NO FEES TO RIDE
SAME GREAT RIDE SAME GREAT RIDE LEADER !!!
The Trail of Tears Ride still leaves from Chattanooga as
it has for the past 16 years !!!
2010 Ride
September 18th
Trail of Tears Remembrance
Motorcycle Ride
Always the 3rd Saturday of September!
The Tennessee Highway Patrol estimated the ride to be 8
miles in length.
Approximately 150 riders continued on to Oklahoma with
that number growing to an amount such that 200 people
arrived in Okmulgee, OK.
Thank you for riding with us, and hope
you will join us again next year.
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This web site is about the Trail of Tears Remembrance
Association's Ride that begins in Chattanooga, TN and
ends in Florence, AL and the extended ride that ends in
Oklahoma. Here you'll learn about the history of the
Trail of Tears, see the trails firsthand, and feel the
brotherhood
shared by those who ride it and the spirit of
those that walked the Trail of Tears. Join us on these web pages to see
the largest annual motorcycle ride in America, and use
the information to help you plan to be a part of it.
Accommodations, ride schedule, and event information is
all here at your fingertips. So explore the site and
discover for yourself why so many bikers agree to:
Enjoy the ride, the brotherhood,
and enjoy the experience...
This ride is not
about which trail we ride, or the remembrance of one
particular group of people that traveled the Trail of
Tears. It is about the remembrance of the plight of the
Native American people ripped from their homes, their
lands and forced to endure the terrible hardship placed
upon them when forced to a new land, forced to a land
full of uncertainty, unknowing, and a feeling that their
aggressors may again change their mind and force another
removal, or worse annihilation.
Did You Know?
Three
detachments of Cherokee people were removed from their
homelands to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)
along the water routes, while 11 detachments made
their way overland along existing roads. The routes
are part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Read
the real story behind the SAVE
THE RIDE DEFENSE FUND
Donate Today
NOTICE !!!!
In the past riders
have purchased items on the
Trail of Tears Remembrance Association's Ride thinking these
items were authentic.
Official Merchandise
bears our registered copyright logo and is only
available through our online store or
authorized
vendors. Always look for the "Official
Merchandise" signs over the "Official
Merchandise" tent at the end of the ride.
Trail
of Tears Remembrance Association's Ride projects are based upon the sale
of trademarked merchandise. Sales from these items
support scholarships, signage along the Trail, and
historical markers. Purchasing official
Trail of Tears Remembrance Association's Ride merchandise
will help keep these projects funded.
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"Today we ride to remember one of the darkest eras
in American History"
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Click Here
to obtain your copy of the "OFFICIAL" Documentary
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The Annual Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride
began in 1994 by Bill Cason to mark one of the
trails used during the 1838 removal of Native Americans
from their homelands in the Southeast to Oklahoma.
The
ride started at Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga, TN with
eight riders and ended with 100 riders in Waterloo, AL.
TOTRAI's ride has now grown to over 150,000 riders, making it
the largest organized motorcycle ride in the world.
Mr. Cason,
originator and leader of the Trail of Tears Motorcycle
Ride for the past 13 years, has chosen the Trail of
Tears Remembrance Association, Inc. (TOTRAI) to assist
in the management of the event beginning in 2007 (The
ride was previously sanctioned by the AL-TN Trail of
Tears Corridor Association). The TOTRAI Board of
Directors is made up of all volunteers from Alabama,
Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, who have worked diligently
over the
years to make this ride a success. TOTRAI now proposes to assist the Five
Civilized Tribes in the Southeast and Oklahoma through
Native American scholarships and educating the public
about the Trail of Tears Removal Act of 1838.
Native American
scholarships, other educational activities, and expenses
connected with the ride, are funded from the proceeds of
merchandise acquisitions, donations from sponsors, and
vendor fees from the powwow held at the end of the main
ride from Chattanooga to McFarland Park in Florence, AL.
TOTRAI may install historical
markers in the states through which it passes (Oklahoma,
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina,
Mississippi, and Arkansas). Money may also be donated
to colleges in these states for Native American
scholarships. TOTRAI may also help other organizations
to further educate and bring awareness of the Trail of
Tears history.
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Click here for info to
enter
2011 T-Shirt Design contest
T-Shirt
Design contest for 2011 ride starts now:
Deadline for
Entries
3:00 PM CST January
6, 2011
T-Shirt Design Winner for 2010
Anonymous!
WTCI "We Shall Remain"
Essay contest winner
Elijah T O'Haver's essay
A different perspective from a 13 year old.
ToTRAI General Scholarship Application -DUE
JUNE 30, 2011
for Scholarship Presentation photos for this year
and years past click here
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