{"id":21016,"date":"2015-08-19T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=21016"},"modified":"2015-08-19T01:56:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T06:56:59","slug":"fort-defiance-interpretive-center-to-hold-civil-war-recruitment-day-saturday-august-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/08\/19\/fort-defiance-interpretive-center-to-hold-civil-war-recruitment-day-saturday-august-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center to hold Civil War Recruitment Day Saturday, August 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-117019\" title=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ftdefiance-200x111.png\" alt=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center\" width=\"200\" height=\"111\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> \u2013 Experience history in action at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center\u2019s Civil War Recruitment Day on Saturday, August 29th from 10:00am to 4:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Come spend the day as re-enactors conduct a historical \u201crecruiting\u201d event. Throughout the day children can visit the Commanding Officers to enlist into either the Confederate or Union Armies, drill with the soldiers before receiving their \u201cdischarge\u201d papers.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Civil-War-Recruitment-Days.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-319473\" title=\"Civil War Recruitment Day to be held at Fort Defiance August 29th.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Civil-War-Recruitment-Days-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Civil War Recruitment Day to be held at Fort Defiance August 29th.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><!--more-->Soldiers and ladies dressed in period uniforms and attire will be on site to share stories about what it was like to be a soldier or woman in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Wernke will conduct two demonstrations entitled, &#8220;Papers Please&#8221; and &#8220;Tools of the Soldier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>All ages are welcome, no registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofclarksville.com\/fortdefiance\" >www.cityofclarksville.com\/fortdefiance<\/a> or call 931.472.3351.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN \u2013 Experience history in action at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center\u2019s Civil War Recruitment Day on Saturday, August 29th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. 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