{"id":23708,"date":"2017-01-18T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=23708"},"modified":"2017-01-18T01:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T07:52:49","slug":"learn-about-civil-war-soldiers-at-fort-defiance-saturday-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/18\/learn-about-civil-war-soldiers-at-fort-defiance-saturday-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about Civil War Soldiers at Fort Defiance Saturday presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299103\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" width=\"240\" height=\"96\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center will host historical interpreter William Parker\u2019s presentation of &#8220;A Soldier&#8217;s Burden\u201d at 1:00pm Saturday, January 21st as part of a new educational programming series, Life in the 1800\u2019s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_355954\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Fort-Defiance-Interpretive-Center.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355954\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-355954\" title=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Fort-Defiance-Interpretive-Center-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-355954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visitors to \u201cA Soldier\u2019s Burden,\u201d a new series is sponsored by The Friends of Fort Defiance, will learn about the equipment a solider would have carried with him during the Civil War, including the food he ate, the uniform he wore, and the weapons he used.<\/p>\n<p>This monthly educational series continues on Saturday, February 18th with \u201cPeriod Toy Making\u201d presented by Phyllis Smith. Visitors will be able to see and play with toys commonly used during the 1860\u2019s. Other programs will include candle dipping, weaving, lace making, clothes washing, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The programs are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofclarksville.com\/fortdefiance\" >www.cityofclarksville.com\/fortdefiance<\/a> or call 931.472.3351.<\/p>\n<h3>About Fort Defiance<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fort-Defiance-Civil-War-Park.jpg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-104620\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104620\" title=\"Fort Defiance Civil War Park &amp; Interpretive Center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fort-Defiance-Civil-War-Park-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Defiance Civil War Park &amp; Interpretive Center\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a>Fort Defiance, which overlooks the confluence of the Red and Cumberland Rivers, was a cornerstone of the Confederate defense of the area and an important part of the eventual Union occupation of Clarksville.&nbsp; In 1982, Judge and Mrs. Sam Boaz, donated the property to the City of Clarksville.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the City secured a $2.2 million federal grant that was combined with local funding and the process of construction of the interpretive center and walking trails began. The more than 1,500-square-foot Center features exhibits about the local area and the fort during the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Defiance Interpretive Center is open Monday-Saturday, 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday, 1:00pm to 4:00pm during the Fall &amp; Winter.<\/p>\n<p>It is located at <span class=\"_Xbe\">120 Duncan Street, Clarksville, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center will host historical interpreter William Parker\u2019s presentation of &#8220;A Soldier&#8217;s Burden\u201d at 1:00pm Saturday, January 21st as part of a new educational programming series, Life in the 1800\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1485,825,7178,1482,6925,5533,1483,6236,6885],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6ao","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23709,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708\/revisions\/23709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}