Fort Defiance to host two events this Saturday
March 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Join Clarksville Parks and Recreation from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday, March 18th, 2017 at Clarksville’s Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center for a living history demonstration by the 3rd Kentucky Infantry.
Soldiers will be dressed in Civil War period uniforms and accouterments, there will be a camp, and musket firing demonstrations will take place.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Learn about Period Toy Making at Fort Defiance Civil War Park, Saturday
February 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, February 18th Phyllis Smith presents “Period Toy Making” as part of a new educational programming series, Life in the 1800’s at Clarksville’s Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center. The presentation will start at 1:00pm.
This new series is sponsored by The Friends of Fort Defiance.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Learn about Civil War Soldiers at Fort Defiance Saturday presentation
January 18, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center will host historical interpreter William Parker’s presentation of “A Soldier’s Burden” at 1:00pm Saturday, January 21st as part of a new educational programming series, Life in the 1800’s.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Learn about Period Toy Making at Saturday presentation
November 15, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Join Clarksville Parks and Recreation at 1:00pm on Saturday, November 19th at Clarksville’s Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center when Phyllis Smith presents “Period Toy Making” as part of a new educational programming series, Life in the 1800’s.
This new series is sponsored by The Friends of Fort Defiance.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Clarksville’s Fort Defiance offers Haunting Experience for the Public
October 11, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Halloween at Fort Defiance event on Friday, October 28th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the fort located at 120 Duncan Street.
Visitors are invited to gather around the bonfire to listen to four haunting tales of woe and terror based upon historical events. Don’t be afraid, Fort Defiance isn’t haunted…we think!
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
APSU students join area historians in exploring Fort Defiance
October 5, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Located on a bluff some 200 feet above the meeting point of the Red River and the Cumberland River, Fort Defiance served a significant role in Clarksville’s participation in the Civil War.
Viewed by Confederates as an ideal site to defend the river approach to Clarksville, the fort eventually was captured by Union forces, who occupied the site for the remainder of the war.
Austin Peay Students learning about Fort Defiance from local historians.
Author Carolyn Stier Ferrell to sign books at Clarksville’s Fort Defiance Interpretive Center
October 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street, will host a book signing event from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on Sunday, October 2nd, 2016.
Author Carolyn Stier Ferrell will be available to sign copies of her seventh book, “Valentine Sevier: Blood on the Bluff,” along with her other six books. At 2:00pm, she will give a presentation on the Sevier family massacre.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation to hold Recruitment Event at Fort Defiance this Saturday, July 30th
July 26, 2016
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, July 30th, Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will host a Recruitment Event at Fort Defiance Civil War Park from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Come spend the day as re-enactors conduct an historical “recruiting” event.
Book Signing and Lecture at Fort Defiance Cancelled
July 18, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The book signing and lecture event with author Stephen Davis at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center has been cancelled. The event, originally scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 21st at 1:00pm is expected to be rescheduled at a later date.
Watch Clarksville Online for updates. Call Clarksville Parks and Recreation at 931.472.3351.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center
Clarksville’s Fort Defiance Civil War Park to hold Book Signing for Author Stephen Davis
July 4, 2016
Davis to Speak about General John Bell Hood and Confederate Army Command in Tennessee
Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, July 21st, 2016 Author Stephen Davis will be giving a talk, “General John Bell Hood and Confederate Army Command in Tennessee” and signing copies of his book, “A Long and Bloody Task” at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center located at 120 Duncan Street, Clarksville, TN.
Spring of 1864 brought a whole new war to the Western Theater, with new commanders and what would become a new style of warfare.
“A Long and Bloody Task” by Stephen Davis
