This year, we will be focusing on America's 250th anniversary. Highlights include the founding of the State of Franklin and the story of the Overmountain Men Victory Trail. The Overmountain Men roughly 1,000 American frontier militia from west of the Blue Ridge Mountains (modern-day Tennessee, NC, VA, and KY) who played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War. They are best known for their decisive victory over British Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780.