Editing Charleston, Tennessee (section)

==Arts and culture==
The International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off, commonly referred to as the Cowpea Festival, takes place in Charleston each year of the second Saturday in September.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowers|first=Larry C.|title=Record crowd turns out for Cowpea Festival|url=https://clevelandbanner.com/stories/record-crowd-turns-out-for-cowpea-festival,103036|work=Cleveland Daily Banner|access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>

The [[Hiwassee River Heritage Center]] in Charleston, opened in 2013, showcases the history of the Cherokee Nation and Removal in the area. The center was expanded in 2019 to include a portion of the [[Trail of Tears National Historic Trail]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowers|first=Larry C.|date=March 30, 2019|title=Historic Trail, Heritage Center Open|url=http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/historic-trail-heritage-center-open,96754|work=[[Cleveland Daily Banner]]|location=Cleveland, Tennessee|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=May 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513020211/http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/historic-trail-heritage-center-open,96754|url-status=dead}}</ref>