Nashville's Fort Negley is set to become an open-air museum and memorial honoring the Black laborers who laid its foundation.
From the largest inland stone fortification in the Civil War to a baseball stadium and parking lot, Fort Negley has taken on ...
Construction is underway at Fort Negley as part of a long-awaited master plan honoring the enslaved and free Black laborers who built the Civil War landmark.
Nearly a decade after developers sought to turn the former Greer Stadium property into condos, retail and creative space, work is finally underway to preserve the area as a public park. Why it matters ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A centerpiece of the Civil War is hidden atop a hill in the Wedgewood-Houston area of Nashville. Fort Negley was extremely important as Union troops worked to control rivers, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Host Levi Ismail invites Ft. Negley descendant Gary Burke and Vanderbilt Research Assistant Professor Angela Sutton as they talk about the importance of the fort and the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Honoring the reason why Fort Negley is standing—that’s what historic site leaders are doing for the property. Fort Negley has major historic significance: it’s the largest ...
In Nashville, Juneteenth has the perfect celebration spot: Fort Negley, which was constructed by the Union as part of a fortification system. Most of the laborers who built Fort Negley were Black — a ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging to lay the foundation of a new Nashville project not far from a Civil War fort and a cemetery ...
WSMV reports that Metro Councilmember Steve Glover is a part of a lawsuit against the city over Fort Negley, arguing that the city shouldn’t have rented the stadium site to Cloud Hill developers ...