Photo Gallery Fort Donelson National Cemeter...10 Images Features of Fort Donelson National Cemetery, part of Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Tennessee. NPS |
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NPS This program focused on children and quilting in March 2018 for Women's History Month. ![]() Park Staff The First Bloom participants meet with Park Ranger Deborah Austin and Girl Scout Coordinator, Teresa Earhart at Fort Donelson National Cemetery Telenet building November 14, 2009 for their monthly meeting. Ranger Austin opened meeting with a review of the First Bloom program at Fort Donelson and introduced its interactive website, and why native plants are important. Guest speaker, Brenda Batson, with the Middle Tennessee Iris Society talked about Tennessee ’s state flower. Scouts learned about parts of the flower and how to properly propagate them. Scout leaders led the girl scouts in hands-on activities; Flower Dissection and making their own flower, and Cereal box journals. Toward the end of the year program, scouts will plant a native landscape at the park. This site planting will be a lasting connection for those youth, an important learning experience, and a feature that all future visitors to the park will enjoy |
Last updated: April 16, 2024