Sharing stories of 'The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War'

Jason E. Silvers/Tribune photo Bill Fischer, left, acting chief of interpretation and resource management and historian at the Fort Scott National Historic Site, speaks to a small group of attendees prior to leading a free guided reading and discussion Saturday in the historic site's Grand Hall. The Shared Stories presentation was titled "The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War" and involved a group of volunteers reading first-person accounts of the Cherokee's trials during the mid-1800s.