Fort Defiance Civil War Park offers chance to explore history
August 30, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center will be offering a variety of events in September.
Festivities are free of charge and diverse, offering something for visitors of all ages looking to have a great time at one of Clarksville’s most treasured gathering places.
A community favorite historic site, Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center is located at 120 Duncan Street.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Centerhosts a variety of free events.
Celebrating a Tennessee Triumph: New monument to honor Clarksville’s suffragists
August 16, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On a July afternoon in 1914, more than 75 people crowded into a house on Madison Street for a meeting of the newly established Clarksville Equal Suffrage League.
The women who joined the league that afternoon spent the next six years facing ridicule and threats of violence in the pursuit of their goal – earning women the right to vote.
A woman casts her first vote in this miniature replica of the statue. (APSU)
Learn about Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center
March 2, 2019
Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center
Clarksville, TN – Today, visitors can see one of the nation’s last remaining earthen forts built by 200 enslaved men while exploring this most immersive destination –– Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center.
Located on a bluff 200 feet above the confluence of the Red and Cumberland Rivers in Clarksville, Tennessee, this site overlooking downtown Clarksville in the community of New Providence has been a hub of activity for more than two centuries.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
