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 Clarksville. There will also be a cannon there, so come take a look and learn about Ft Defiance.

Friends of Fort Defiance Summer

With the Fort area and future visitor center under construction, the Friends of Fort Defiance Board of Directors are busy deciding what kinds of fund raisers and reenacting events they will promote this year.

One activity that is currently being planned is a late summer Ball tentatively named the Surrender Ball.  Plans are being made to have the ball at the Smith-Trahern Mansion in August of this year.  More information will be available soon.

Their next meeting is scheduled for February 10th at 6 om at Pardue Church, Memorial Drive, Clarksville, Tennessee. For directions to the church you can email sylvia@ftdefianceclarksville.com

Fall Picnic Planning

The Fort Defiance Board meeting was held on Tuesday, July 10.

The Fall Picnic date was officially set for September 22, 2007. Planned activities are :

Live period music, a surgeon, country Doctor, bonnet making, cooking demonstrations, soldier’s encampments, family life, re-enactors of famous personalities and more….