Film Festival: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail – Effigy Mounds
Back by popular demand, Effigy Mounds National Monument will be hosting three Film Festival dates this winter, showing a series of National Park films:
Saturday January 25, 2025, 1:00-3:00pm
Trail of Tears: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Ná Qc Tím̉íne Wisí X (Of One Heart): Nez Perce National Historical Park
A Prophecy Fulfilled: The Cayuse & the Whitmans at Waiilatpu
Knife River Indian Villages
Those Are My Ancestors: Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Sunday February 23, 1:00-3:00pm
Casa Grande: House of Many Stories
Castillo de San Marcos: A Long Legacy – An Effective Defense
Tumacacori: A Cultural Crossroads
Voyages of the San Salvador – Cabrillo’s Journey
Monday March 17, 1:00-3:00pm
A Glorious Journey: John Muir National Historic Site
Craters of the Moon: The Movie!
Wilderness of Rock: Canyonlands National Park
Shadows of the Past – Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Big Thicket: America’s First National Preserve
The film festival will be held inside the auditorium of the visitor center. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch one or all the films that will be showing. There will also be light refreshments available and an intermission halfway through the event.
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, including some in the shape of animals. The monument is located three miles north of Marquette, Iowa, and 22 miles south of Waukon, Iowa, on HWY 76. For more information call (563) 873-3491 ext. 123 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/effigymounds.
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