Schedule Of Events for The Mt Olive Juneteenth Celebration at Fort Defiance
June 6th
12:00 — 6:00 Camp Set-Up
June 7th Event
10:00 Camp Opens
11:00 – 2:00   Presentations
11:00 – 11:30 Dr. Howard Winn – Living Under Occupation
11:30 – 12:00 Dr. George Smith – US Colored Troops
12:30 – 1:00 Yvonne Prathery – 1860’s Women of Color
1:00 – 1:30 Thomas Forehand – The Humor of Robert E. Lee
1:30 – 2:00 Fredrick Douglas (Michael Crutcher)
2:00 Skirmish — Between North & South
2:45 Recap of Presentations
5:00 Camp Closes
5:00 Re-Enactors’s Dinner
7:00 Camp Dance (open to public)
June 8th
10:00 Camp Opens
10:00 Church Services
1:00 -4:00 Mt. Olive Cemetery Tours
Special ThanksTo The Following Organizations
USCT Living History
Frederick Douglas, Re-Enactor
Thomas Forehand, Re-Enactor
19th Alabama Civil War
Re-Enactors, Living History
Baxter Battery Civil War
Re-Enactors
50th Tennessee Civil War
Re-Enactors
17th Ohio Re-Enactors
13th USCT Re-Enactors
Displays by: Triple Nickel
Displays by: Norm Hill
Presentation by: Prof. T. Howard Winn
Dr. George Smith
Friends of Fort Defiance
Mount Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society
Yvonne Prathery, APSU
Ft. Donelson Relics – Sutler
Special ThanksTo The Following Contributors
Community Enhancement Grant Sponsored by Rep Joe Pitts
Oak Grove Wal-Mart
AMVETS Post Aux 78
American Legion Aux 233
Clarksville Tourism Bureau
The Leaf Chronicle Newspaper
Montgomery County Historical Society