FUNDRAISER
ONE OF THE area’s most scenic spots, Point Park, on Lookout Mountain, will be the site of Friends of the Park’s National Treasures 2011 fundraiser, Party at Point Park. According to Friends of the Park president Becky Browder, the event will be Sept. 1 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
“We are so excited to have our local national treasures, The Dismembered Tennesseans, playing that night in front of the New York Peace monument, which is the centerpiece of Point Park,” Browder said. “It is 100 years old and the only monument in a historic park that has a Confederate and Union soldier shaking hands.”
The menu for the event is planned around the states that were represented in Chattanooga during the Civil War, she said.
“Guests will enjoy Virginia ham and biscuits, Alabama collard green dip, Texas toast, New York cheesecake topped with Michigan cherries, Georgia peach cobbler, Massachusetts (Boston) baked beans and much more,” Browder said.
Umbrella Rock, no longer open to the public, will be open for guests to have their pictures taken as a memento of the night, she said. Additionally, “Battles for Chattanooga” will be open for guests to enjoy. The Point Park Visitors Center will have extended hours so guests can view the billboard-size painting of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, and the newly renovated Ochs Museum will be open. The National Park rangers plan to shoot a cannon twice during the evening, Browder said.