The Cumberland Gap Tunnel, where the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia merge, was a major engineering accomplishment.  The tunnel, about 8 tenths of a mile long, was opened with speeches by the three governors and a "Pageant of History" parade.  Mark and Sherry, representing the first people to use Cumberland Gap, were asked to lead the procession out of the tunnel.  To show that Native people don't belong only in the past, the parade included some younger Native people in modern dress and some in powwow regalia at the end of the procession.