Chapel and Labyrinth

The Memorial Chapel at Lake Junaluska Conference and Assembly Center includes a concrete labyrinth in the side yard near the lake.  You can see the labyrinth in the photo above, and the extra photo is the chapel from the front.  Lake Junaluska is the Headquarters for the Southeastern US for the United Methodist Church, including the world Methodist Council and museum.  It is also 5 minutes from my dermatologist with whom I had my regular check-up and maintenance appointment today.  We lived across Lake Junaluska for 7 years. 
Chief Junaluska was a Cherokee Indian Chief.  Below are quotes from Wikipedia about him.  "During the infamous Trail of Tears in 1838, Junaluska and many other Cherokee people were incarcerated and held in nearby stockades. One, Fort Montgomery, was located near present day Robbinsville, North Carolina. From this stockade, Junaluska was forced to march to the Indian Territory in present day eastern Oklahoma Junaluska was assigned to Jesse Bushyhead's detachment.
It was reported that Jackson met with Junaluska regarding the Indian Removal Act, but the president said, "Sir, your audience is ended. There is nothing I can do for you," and when Junaluska saw his people being removed, he cried and looked toward the sky saying, "Oh my God, if I had known at the battle of the Horse Shoe [sic] what I know now, American history would have been differently written".  The last comment is related to his saving Andrew Jackson's life in an earlier battle.

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