Heritage & History

Speaker Sessions: Tom Vaughn on the Overmountain Men

Tuesday, November 10, 2026 · 7pm · Birthplace of Country Music Museum

Join us on Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. for our Speaker Session with Tom Vaughn as he shares the story of the Overmountain Men, whose victory at Kings Mountain turned the tide of the American Revolution. This Speaker Session is a complementary program for the VA250 special exhibits on display at the museum: Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation (October 13-November 22) and We the People (October 27-December 6). Tom Vaughn has been a member of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association for around 12 years and fills in as a storyteller as needed. He is a retired engineer who wa