Downtown @ Sundown Concert Series & Street Fair to be held Friday
June 14, 2018
Downtown @ Sundown Concert Series
Clarksville, TN – Downtown Commons’ Downtown @ Sundown Concert Series & Street Fair is this Friday, June 15th at 6:00pm. Come join us for a night of FREE music and family fun. Featuring Trailer Choir, charting the Billboard Hot Country Charts with songs like “Rockin’ the Beer Gut” and “What Would You Say.”
Openers include Aaron Lessard, a solo artist based in Nashville, known for having a heavy jazz influence and U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Chris Turner, a singer/ songwriter from Ninety Six, South Carolina.
Downtown at Sundown concert this Friday at Downtown Commons with Trailer Choir
June 13, 2018
Downtown at Sundown
Montgomery County, TN – This Friday’s concert at the Downtown Commons features Trailer Choir, charting the Billboard Hot Country Charts with songs like “Rockin’ the Beer Gut” and “What Would You Say.” Openers include Aaron Lessard, a solo artist based in Nashville, known for having a heavy jazz influence and US Marine Corps Veteran Chris Turner, a singer/ songwriter from Ninety Six, South Carolina.
Openers start at 7:00pm and the featured artist takes the stage at 8:00pm Come early, bring family, friends, chairs, and blankets.
Colleagues and former students looking to honor APSU pioneer Betty Joe Wallace
February 27, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The late Betty Joe Wallace taught history at Austin Peay State University for almost 40 years, and many of her former students and colleagues praise her as a pioneer who helped create a more progressive campus.
“She was the first cigar-smoking feminist I ever met,” Dr. Carlette Hardin, dean of the APSU Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education, said.
Flourishing Families to hold 3rd Annual “Christmas in Clarksville” December 21st
December 12, 2016
Providing hot meals and gifts to low-income families with children.
Clarksville, TN – Flourishing Families will host its 3rd Annual “Christmas in Clarksville” event on Wednesday, December 21st, from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Free and open to the public, it will take place in the Foy Fitness Center of Austin Peay State University.
The purpose of the event is to provide Christmas gifts and hot meals to low income families with children.
Vietnam Veterans of America held their annual Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil Sunday night, May 24th
May 25, 2015
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, May 25th, the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 396 held their annual Candlelight Vigil to remember the men and women who were left behind in Vietnam when American forces withdrew in 1975.
It is a solemn occasion when a nation gathers together to honor its soldiers, those who lived to come home, but even more importantly those who did not.
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is May 20th, 2015
May 14, 2015
Our 134th meeting.
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Medical Center. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Topic: “The Confederate States Marine Corps”
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is September 17th, 2014
September 14, 2014
Our 126th meeting.
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Medical Center. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Topic: – “Twenty Five House to Tragedy: The Battle of Spring Hill, November 29th, 1864”
Famed Marine Corps General to speak at APSU Military Alumni Dinner on October 25th
October 12, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In July 1977, a young Austin Peay State University graduate named Ronald Bailey was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Thirty-four years later, in June 2011, that APSU graduate became the first African American commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, the oldest and largest infantry division in the Marine Corps.
New APSU scholarship to honor legendary basketball coach Ben Fendley
October 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – For 34 years, if you wanted to play basketball at Clarksville High School, you had to first survive the grueling practices of that school’s legendary coach, Ben Fendley. The U.S. Marine Corps and Korean War veteran knew what his players were capable of achieving, so he made sure they went home exhausted each night.
“You had better be prepared to give him everything you had in practice every day, or there was no place for you on his team,” Wayne Pace, former CHS player and former chief financial officer and executive vice president for Time Warner Inc., said. “Practice was brutal; games were the treat.” [Read more]
APSU Provost Lecture Series to discuss challenges in City Management
October 4, 2012
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University public management professor will discuss her book on the challenges experienced in city management as part of the next Provost Lecture Series.
Dr. Beck Starnes, associate professor of public management, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 4th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. [Read more]