Fort Defiance Interpretive Center adds second session to its popular Civil War Summer Camp
May 6, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street, is proud to host the City’s Civil War Summer Camp for youth in the 5th and 6th grades. The Camp was so popular in its first year that a second one-week session has been added to allow for more kids to participate!
Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center
Clarksville Civil War Round Table Gives Check to Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department
November 18, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Wednesday, November 16th, the Clarksville Civil War Roundtable, presented a check in the amount of $800.00, to the City of Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department at their monthly meeting.
The money will be used to purchase a picnic table to be placed along the path below the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center.
Clarkville Civil War Roundtable presents Clarksville Parks and Recreation with a $800.00 for a picnic table at Fort Defiance Interpretive Center. (L to R) Greg Biggs, Clarksville Civil War Roundtable; Mark Tummons, Clarksville Parks and Recreation Director and William Parker, Fort Defiance Historical Interpreter.
Civil War Living History Encampment to be held at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center
October 17, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department and the Clarksville-Montgomery County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission invites the public to join us at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00am to 5:00pm, to experience the sights and sounds of a Civil War campsite and battlefield.
All ages are welcome to attend this free event. Visitors can explore the Center, which features several multi-media interpretive exhibits, observe living history stations located around the fort and watch as cannons are fired periodically. Don’t miss the chance to learn about the fascinating chain of events that unfolded on this very site during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Clarksville Parks & Recreation announces new Historical Interpreter
March 12, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to announce the newest member of our staff and Historical Interpreter, William Parker. Parker graduated from Austin Peay State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History and Political Science.
He was selected by the History Department to study at Oxford University in Oxford, England where he completed two semesters. Parker earned his Master of Arts Degree in Military History at Austin Peay where he graduated with honors.
Historical Interpreter, William Parker
