Sumter Street

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) and Sumter Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street.)

Marker installed: 1978

The Cherokee Indian Removal Memorial, located in downtown Greenville, honors the memory of the Cherokee people who were forced to leave their homes in the state and walk the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.