Welcome To Fort Defiance




QUADRILLE, n. quadril', or cadril'. 1. A game played by four persons with 40 cards, being the remainder of the pack after the four tens, nines and eights are discarded. 2. A kind of dance.





Next Board Meeting...
Second Tuesday of the Month, 6:30 pm
Pardue Church on Memorial Drive



Fort Defiance is located at 120 A Street, Clarksville, Tennessee
For directions to the fort, see Mapquest


Ft. Defiance Encampment and Ball

Come Visit History
Clarksville’s Living History
Encampment and Civil War Ball
Hosted by Friends of Fort Defiance
Come to a weekend filled with cannons, soldiers drilling,
weapon demonstrations, and Camp Life of that era.
Where: Rotary Park, Clarksville, Tennessee
Date: August 29-30, 2009
When: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ball:
Where: Smith-Trahern Mansion
101 McClure Street, Clarksville, TN
August 29
5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30
Note: Limited [...]

How to Rent A Costume For The Ft. Defiance Ball…….

Backstage Costume Rental at 1955 Madison St (the old Carmacle 8 Movie Theater on Madison Street) is not open officially until October.

The owner, George Terrell, has graciously agreed to open his business and rent clothes  to anyone who is coming to our ball and needs a costume.  You may call him at 615-594-6552 and he [...]

FOFD at Rivers and Spires

Friends of Fort Defiance will have a table set up somewhere downtown during Rivers and Spires on April 17,f18 and 19. Look around for us because we will have lots of information on the fort, baked goods and haversacks and more to sell and some great people to talk to about the history of [...]