No better symbol exists of the pain and suffering of the "Trail
Where They Cried" (The Trail of Tears) than the Cherokee Rose. The
mothers of the Cherokee grieved so much that the chiefs prayed for a
sign to lift the mothers' spirits and give them strength to care for
their children. From that day forward, a beautiful new flower,a rose,
grew wherever a mother's tear fell to the ground. The rose is white
for the mother's tears. It has a gold center, for the gold taken from
the Cherokee lands, and the seven leaves on each stem represents the
Cherokee clans that made the journey. To this day, the Cherokee Rose
prospers along the route of the Trail of Tears.
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