205 years: Visitors remember Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Cliff Williams / The Outlook Visitors look over a demonstration by ‘Tennessee Militia’ at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Saturday.

Blood was shed 205 years ago in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and an entire group of people was forced from their homes to Oklahoma.

Descendants of the Muscogee warriors who battled Andrew Jackson’s army joined others Saturday to honor those warriors and remember how people lived in 1814. Muscogee Nation tribal historic preservation officer Corain Lowe-Zepeda’s ancestors are from the area. She was at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park to help remember the battle that occurred March 27, 1814, and her forefathers through speeches and demonstrations of life at the time.