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7th annual Genealogy Jamboree and Pioneer Day

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Location Cumberland Gap
Dates June 08, 2017 - June 11, 2017
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We want to bring together not only people that have contact with family from Cumberland Gap Tennessee area, also to include families from anywhere in the United States of America. Too learn about Family History an Family Heritage.
History will come alive in the streets of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. On the second Saturday in June and the two days leading up to Saturday the annual Genealogy Jamboree will be hosted by the Cumberland Gap Volunteer Fire Department. This event is FREE to the public and combines genealogy/history lectures, with period re-en-actors and traditional crafters in an historic setting. Nationally known speakers such as Mark Lowe, Carrie Eldridge, and others, will give these lectures.
There will be many craftsmen and women, demonstrating their pioneer crafts. What is now considered by many as being rare skills were once used in everyday life in pioneer times throughout the Appalachian and Cumberland Mountains.
All these lectures and demonstrations are free to the public. All vendor fees are donated to the Cumberland Gap Volunteer Fire Department. This is a nonprofit event for the Genealogy Jamboree Committee and volunteers.
Most societies have publications and other items for sale.
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Public Admission PriceFree
Year #7
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