CLARKSVILLE, TN – Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center will host a new event, “The Bones of Fort Defiance,” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15.
John R. Weaver II, a fortification expert, will provide a historical lecture about the construction of Fort Defiance and its various components, as well as how they would have worked together in battle. The presentation will be followed by a walking tour of the fort.
Weaver is a national expert on masonry coastal defenses and is the author of the highly acclaimed “A Legacy in Brick and Stone: Coastal Defense Forts of the American Third System, 1816-1867.”
He is an active member and former chair of the Coast Defense Study Group, a member of the Council on America’s Military Past, the treasurer of the Camp Tippecanoe Civil War Roundtable, and a member of several friend groups of various forts.
No registration or fees are required. This event is free and open to all ages.