Ukuhlola i-Historic Fort Negley
I-Fort Negley kwakuyisiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke esakhiwe yi-Union Army e-Nashville, futhi inqaba enkulu yamatshe yaseningizimu eyakhiwe ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango. Nakuba le nqabayo yayisetshenziswa njenge-Union Army centerpiece lapho imemezela ukuphakama kwayo phezu kwamandla e-Confederate, ayizange ihlaselwe ngokuqondile ngesikhathi seMpi yaseNashville, eyabulala abantu abangaba ngu-9 000.
I-Fort Negley yahlanganisa amahektare amane futhi yakhiwa ngo-1862 yizigqila kanye nabamnyama abakhululekile.
Amadoda angaphezu kuka-2 700 ase-Afrika naseMelika asebenza izinyanga ezintathu ekwakheni i-Fort Negley, kanti kuphela labo abangaba ngu-300 abakhokhelwa umsebenzi wabo.
Phakathi nesikhathi sokuvuselela emva kweMpi Yombango, le ndawo yayisetshenziswa njengendawo yokuhlangana yeKu Klux Klan. Izimpawu ezisendleleni zemigwaqo enqaba manje zitshela indaba yenqaba kanye nabantu abayakhayo nabenza ngayo.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha yokunganakwa futhi ivaliwe emphakathini inqaba evuliwe ngoDisemba 2004.
NgoDisemba ka-2007, izikhulu zedolobhana laseMetro Nashville, amalungu e-Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, kanye nababukeli abangaba ngu-200 balwela izici ezinzima ukuba zihlanganyele ekuvulwa kwezigidi ezingu-$ 1 million, isikhungo se-Fort Negley Visitors esixhasiwe. Lesi sakhiwo singamatshe nje asuka e-Fort Negley futhi esesigodini esiseduze neChestnut Street phakathi kweGer Stadium Stadium ne-Adventure Science Centre.
Isikhungo Sabantu Abavakashelayo savulwa ngonyaka we-143 we-Battle of Nashville, sikhumbuza lokho okukholelwa ukuthi bekuyizindawo zokuvula izibhamu kwelinye lezimpi ezibaluleke kakhulu empini.
I-Fort Negley Visitors Centre, indawo yokuhlala engamamitha angu-4605, ihlanganisa indawo yaseshashalazini eminingi, isikhala sombukiso, igumbi lokuhlangana, kanye ne-plaza yangaphandle.
Lolu hlelo manje luyi-Fort Negley kanye neSikhungo Esisha Sokuvakasha okufanele sisetshenziselwe izinhloso zemfundo, futhi sisize abantu bafune okhokho babo abalwa eMpini Yombango ngokusebenzisa ukufinyelela kulwazi lwekhompuyutha kazwelonke.
Isikhungo sinobuchwepheshe obusebenzisanayo, ama-archival izithombe, kanye nedokhumenti yevidiyo mayelana nendima kaNashville kuMpi Yombango, elandiswa yi-Kix Brooks ejwayelekile ye-music duo Brooks & Dunn.
Ukwamukela ku-Fort Negley Visitors Center kukhululekile futhi kuvuliwe ngoLwesibili ngoMgqibelo. Ukuvakasha kwe-fort kuyokwenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Travelers Rest Plantation neMam Museum, emakhilomitha angaba ngu-6 kuya eningizimu. Izikhundla zokuzithandela nezedokhumenti ziyatholakala. I-Fort Negley Visitors Centre isebenza ngabasebenzi beMetro Parks.