{"id":26240,"date":"2018-09-05T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26240"},"modified":"2018-09-05T05:50:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T10:50:36","slug":"clarksvilles-fort-defiance-interpretive-center-to-hold-sevier-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/09\/05\/clarksvilles-fort-defiance-interpretive-center-to-hold-sevier-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville\u2019s Fort Defiance Interpretive Center to hold \u201cSevier Days\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fort Defiance Interpretive Center<\/h2>\n<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; The City of Clarksville\u2019s Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street, is excited to present \u201cSevier Days,\u201d an 18th century, pre-Civil War event from 9:00am to 1:00pm on Friday, September 14th, 2018 (school groups only) and 10:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday, September 15th (open to the public).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357404\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Flintlock-musket-firing-demonstration-at-Clarksvilles-Fort-Defiance.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357404\" class=\"wp-image-357404 size-medium\" title=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center Pre-Civil War event to include reenactors, musket firing demonstrations.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Flintlock-musket-firing-demonstration-at-Clarksvilles-Fort-Defiance-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Defiance Interpretive Center Pre-Civil War event to include reenactors, musket firing demonstrations.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-357404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Defiance Interpretive Center Pre-Civil War event to include reenactors, musket firing demonstrations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This two-day event will focus on the historical frontier and colonial period of Clarksville and will feature reenactors, flintlock musket firing demonstrations, a flint knapper making Indian arrowheads, an authentic blacksmith operation and a frontier camp.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations for school groups must be made in advance by calling Fort Defiance at 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<p>For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fortdefianceclarksville.com\" >www.fortdefianceclarksville.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Defiance Interpretive Center Clarksville, TN &#8211; The City of Clarksville\u2019s Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street, is excited to present \u201cSevier Days,\u201d an 18th century, pre-Civil War event from 9:00am to 1:00pm on Friday, September 14th, 2018 (school groups only) and 10:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday, September 15th (open to the [&hellip;]<\/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":[19802,825,7178,5533,27417,20509],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6Pe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240"}],"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=26240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26241,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions\/26241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}