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Groundbreaking planned for Fort Defiance Interpretive Center
The City of Clarksville will break ground on an interpretive center planned for Fort Defiance Park on Tuesday, December 9 at 3 p.m.
Fort Defiance Park, located at 120 A Street in New Providence, is the site of a Civil War-era fort used by the and later occupied by the Union Army. Today the earthworks (mounds) of the original fort are all that remain. The new interpretive center will illustrate through images and artifacts the story of Fort Defiance and the significance of the fort’s position as a controlling point on the Cumberland River.
The interpretive center will also feature exhibits depicting the history of the New Providence area starting with the Frontier Era (1780-1819), to the Steamboat Era (1819-1843), The Civil War Era (1861-1864), and through the Reconstruction Era (1865-1876).
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City of Clarksville, Civil War-era fort, Confederate Army, event, Fort Defiance Park, Frontier Era, History, interpretive center, New Providence, News, Reconstruction Era, Steamboat Era, The Civil War Era, Union Army2 Responses to “Groundbreaking planned for Fort Defiance Interpretive Center”
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December 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
What wonderful news! This project will be a shining star in Clarksville. Congratulations!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I don’t know if I can make it to this event. But this will really add a great deal to the interpretation of Clarksville’s large role in the American Civil War.