{"id":24157,"date":"2017-04-25T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=24157"},"modified":"2017-04-25T02:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T07:49:13","slug":"clarksville-parks-and-recreation-and-the-friends-of-fort-defiance-gear-up-for-annual-living-history-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/04\/25\/clarksville-parks-and-recreation-and-the-friends-of-fort-defiance-gear-up-for-annual-living-history-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Fort Defiance Gear up for Annual Living History Event"},"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\" height=\"96\" width=\"240\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Fort Defiance will host this year\u2019s March to the Past living history event from 10:00am to 3:00pm: Saturday, May 6th&nbsp; at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_338655\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fort-Defiance-Interpretive-Center-hosts-reenactment-by-the-5th-Tennessee-40.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338655\" class=\"wp-image-338655 size-medium\" title=\"There will be live musket firing demonstrations at the annual March into the Past event.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fort-Defiance-Interpretive-Center-hosts-reenactment-by-the-5th-Tennessee-40-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"There will be live musket firing demonstrations at the annual March into the Past event.\" height=\"320\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-338655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There will be live musket firing demonstrations at the annual March into the Past event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Live demonstrations of quilting, firing, and camp life will give the community a clear depiction of the Civil War era.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The day will include several games and activities for children.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to bring your appetite as hot dogs and baked goods will be available for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting the Friends of Fort Defiance.<\/p>\n<p>March to the Past is sponsored by the Friends of Fort Defiance, Baxter\u2019s Battery and Porter\u2019s Battery.<\/p>\n<p>For information, 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\" height=\"160\" width=\"240\"\/><\/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<p>For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fortdefianceclarksville.com\" >www.fortdefianceclarksville.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Fort Defiance will host this year\u2019s March to the Past living history event from 10:00am to 3:00pm: Saturday, May 6th&nbsp; at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street.<\/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":[14994,1485,878,881,825,7178,1482,10372,1483,3682,3716,1989,27417,1951],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6hD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157"}],"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=24157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24158,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157\/revisions\/24158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}