Rolling Rolling Rolling along our next stop is the rolling hills of Kentucky! We'll be taking a look at the history of this wonderful state today. If you'd like to join the discussion on our journey around this land we call the US of A head over to our Facebook group called "What Makes Your State Great?". There we'll be sharing music, history and good old fashion stories around the virtual campfire about this great land.

As always I get my facts from 50states.com. And awaaaaaay we go!

Hail Kentucky!


The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May. The great Man o' War won all of his horse races except one which he lost to a horse named Upset.

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Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, President of the Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, were born. They were born less than one hundred miles and one year apart.


The music of Kentucky is centered on Appalachian folk music. Blue Grass music is one of the staples of this history. Here's one of my favorite blue grass songs.



This next video is about Bill Monroe, considered the Father of Bluegrass Music.

http://www.native-languages.org/kentucky.htm

The original inhabitants of Kentucky are:

The Cherokee tribe
The Chickasaw tribe
The Shawnee tribe
The Yuchi tribe

This video is a set of three traditional Cherokee songs I found on youtube.



Sending light, love and protection to the great state of Kentucky.

Namaste & Blessed Be
Sosanna
)O(

Heading DC40 off at the pass, I'm headed right into the great state of Tennessee! Have something you'd like to share? Leave your notes here or head over to our Facebook Group called "What Makes Your State Great?".

As always I get most of my facts from 50sates.com. How here we go!

Hail Tennessee!


There are more horses per capita in Shelby County than any other county in the United States.


Greeneville has the only monument in the United States honoring both the Union and Confederate armies. It is located on the lawn of the Green County Courthouse.

The Tennessee Aquarium is the largest facility of its kind to focus on fresh water habitat. It features 7,000 animals and 300 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.


The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States. The park was named for the smoke-like bluish haze that often envelops these fabled mountains.




The Cherokee silversmith, Sequoyah, was the only known man in the history of the world to single-handedly develop an alphabet. His syllabus for the Cherokee Nation resulted in the first written language for a Native American people. The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore tells his story and is dedicated to the history and culture of Native Americans.





The original inhabitants of Tennessee were:

The Cherokee tribe
The Chickasaw tribe
The Koasati tribe
The Quapaw tribe
The Shawnee tribe
The Yuchi tribe

I found this Cherokee Morning Song on youtube.



Tracing my heritage I have recently discovered a reference to the term Mulatto in a census record for my Great Great Great Grandfather. In discussing this with a Native American group I belong to apparently this term was used to describe any dark skinned people. I have always felt deeply connected to the Cherokee tribe. I have no evidence, no proof, no documents or papers. Only a feeling.

Remember we need to understand the past so we do not repeat it. Sending light and love to the great state of Tennessee!

Namaste & Blessed Be.

Sosanna
)O(

Today we're headed down to Dixie. We'll be heading off the DC40 at the pass and sending positive energy to the this great state.

If you'd like to join the chat about What Makes Your State, head over to our Facebook Group. You can share photos, stories and positive thoughts about your state!

As always my facts come from 50state.com, Head over and check out their page.

Hail Alabama!!


Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America. The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861. On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union. During the mid-20th century, Montgomery was a major site of events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches

Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981. Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934. Baseball player Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.

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Alabama resident Sequoyah devised the phonetic, written alphabet of the Cherokee language.

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http://www.native-languages.org/alabama.htm

The original inhabitants of Alabama were:
The Alabama tribe
The Biloxi tribe
The Cherokee tribe
The Chickasaw tribe
The Choctaw tribe
The Koasati tribe
The Muskogee (Creek) tribe(including the Abihka, Coosa, and Tallapoosa)

This song is listed on youtube as being a Cherokee Mourning Song.



So much of this journey leads back to times when native people were removed from their homes, their families destroyed and their history stolen. Following this journey allows me the chance to learn about each of the state's we visit and hear a bit of the history around these tribes. I so much long for more information around these groups and would love to be able to trace my own family history. Sadly, much of my family in those generations past were ashamed of their link to these native people and removed them from our history. I have nothing to show for my connection to these lands but my drive for honesty and my hope that all people are able to live their lives in the manner that allows them to prosper, to love and to grow.

Sending out light and love to the great state of Alabama.

Namaste & Blessed Be!
Sosanna
)O(

Here we are at the next stop on the DC40 Prayer siege. Today I'm prepping up to send light and love to the great state of Oklahoma. Many have asked what can I do to help defend my state from this attack. Well, if you'd like to get involved there are several ways to begin. You can participate in this wonderful blog support project that we've created called "What Makes Your State Great". We have created this group on Facebook and spend each day sending trivia thoughts, songs, posts, personal messages and comments on each of the states as they are listed in the prayer guide on DC40.net. We have many bloggers taking the time to create a new blog post everyday in support of our states/district. To join, this effort simply pick a state and blog about it, or join for the entire ride and post your blog URL in the group after adding the state of day blog entry.

For those that might like to take a more spiritual position in this battle, look towards Hail Columbia. Here we have a list of the state coordinators and each has a matching Facebook Page and can help you direct your spiritual energy to assist in the fight. Now... on to Oklahoma!

I find most of my state facts on 50states.com.




Vinita is the oldest incorporated town on Oklahoma Route 66 being established in 1871. Vinita was the first town in Oklahoma to enjoy electricity. Originally named Downingville. The towns name was later changed to Vinita, in honor of Vinnie Ream, the sculptress who created the life-size statue of Lincoln at the United States Capitol.




Anadarko is home to the only authentic Indian City in the United States. It is located in the beautiful Washita river valley in southwest Oklahoma. Born in 1879 on a large ranch in the Cherokee Nation near what later would become Oologah, Oklahoma, Will Rogers was first an Indian, a cowboy then a national figure. Will Rogers was a star of Broadway and 71 movies of the 1920s and 1930s, a popular broadcaster and wrote more than 4,000 syndicated newspaper columns.

Choctaw is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. Choctaw gained status as a town in 1893. Originally Indian Territory, the state of Oklahoma was opened to settlers in a "Land Rush" in 1889. On a given date, prospective settlers would be allowed into the territory to claim plots of land by grabbing the stakes marking each plot. A few of these settlers entered to claim land before the official start of the land run; these cheaters were called "Sooners".


Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the Tribal capital of the Cherokee Nation. Spiro Mounds, Oklahoma's only archaeological park, is a 140-acre site encompassing 12 southern mounds that contain evidence of an Indian culture that occupied the site from 850 A.D. to 1450 A.D. The Mounds are considered one of the four most important prehistoric Indian sites east of the Rocky Mountains.



Oklahoma's state wildflower the Indian Blanket is red with yellow tips. It symbolizes the state's scenic beauty as well as the its Indian heritage. The wildflower blooms in June and July. Sequoyah's Cabin in Akins is a frontier house of logs, occupied (1829-44) by Sequoyah (George Gist), the teacher who in 1821 invented a syllabary that made it possible to read and write the Cherokee language.


Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S. Many of the 250,000 American Indians living in Oklahoma are descended from the 67 tribes who inhabited the Indian Territory. Oklahoma is tribal headquarters for 39 tribes. Oklahoma is the traditional homeland of the Caddo, Wichita, and Tonkawa people.

Looking at our nation, only on the 5th day of this prayer siege, it's hard for me to believe that anyone cannot see that our nation was not founded upon "Christian Ideals". In fact it was stolen by them. The native people of America were indeed Pagan people. I've found the following video to share with you.



One cannot take this journey without acknowledging the Trail of Tears and all the lives lost on the relocation of the Native American people being relocated.



Sending light, love and protection to the great state of Oklahoma.

Namaste & Blessed Be
Sosanna
)O(