A patriotic production: Deerfield Valley Players presents '1776'

A patriotic production: Deerfield Valley Players presents '1776'

WILMINGTON — At the request of the Wilmington town clerk for "something patriotic," the Deerfield Valley Players is presenting a production of "1776," a musical that was first performed on Broadway in 1969. The local show is part of the…

ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᏕᎪᎱᏍᏗ  ᏚᎾᏛᏁᎴᎢ ᏗᏓᏃᎮᏍᎪᎢ - Cherokees in the Revolutionary War - July 1776

By BARBARA R. DUNCAN  (Note: The Cherokee syllabary in the column title translates as: Aniyvwiya Degohusdi Dunadvnele’i Didanohesgo’I, “We are telling some things Cherokees did.”)   Founding fathers plan genocide and removal for the Cherokees.  Two nations fight against each other – both seeking freedom.  Cherokees go to war.  Family betrays family. It’s July 1776 in the Cherokee homeland. On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson read aloud to the Cont…