http://www.nps.gov/fodo News releases from Fort Donelson National Battlefield. en-us http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/fort-donelson-national-battlefield-receive-national-park-foundation-first-bloom-grant.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:42:54 EST Fort Donelson National Battlefield and Local Girl Scouts Receive National Park Foundation First Bloom Grant http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/gate-hours-to-change-at-the-park.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:21:55 EST Dover, Tennessee—Park entrance gate hours will change on November 1, 2009. Gates at both the main entrance and National Cemetery roads will be locked by 5 pm daily. No vehicles will be permitted past the gate entrances after 4:40 pm, and all traffic must leave the park by 5 pm. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/community-volunteers-answer-the-call-to-serve.htm Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:37 EST Dover , Tennessee —Despite rainy weather and wet feet, more than 35 local Girl Scouts and community volunteers showed their support for their public lands on National Public Lands Day, 26 September 2009. The yearly event is the largest hands-on volunteer event to improve and restore public lands in the nation. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/americas-best-idea.htm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:24:24 EST Dover, Tennessee – Be part of an unprecedented event on September 26 when Fort Donelson National Battlefield and national parks across the country invite you to make America’s Best Idea – the national parks – even better. Presented by the National Park Service and National Park Foundation, it will be a special day of service and celebration for visitors and volunteers to experience their parks and catch a sneak preview of Ken Burns’s new documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiering on PBS on September 27.  http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/national-park-foundation-first-bloom-grant.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:48:04 EST National Park Foundation First Bloom Grant. First Bloom, launched in 2007 by then NPF Honorary Chair, Mrs. Laura Bush, was created to honor the conservation legacy of Lady Bird Johnson. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/author-tom-mckenney-to-sign-books-at-fort-donelson-national-battlefield.htm Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:12:56 EST Dover, Tennessee—The Eastern National Bookstore will host author Tom McKenney for a book signing at the Fort Donelson National Battlefield on Saturday, August 29, 2009 from 1 pm – 4 pm. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/storytellers-perform-for-local-schools-and-at-fort-donelson-national-battlefield.htm Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:01:06 EST Dover, Tennessee—Renowned Storytellers Sparky and Rhonda Rucker will make appearances at local schools and at the Fort Donelson National Battlefield on August 21 and 22, 2009.  http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/interpretive-programs-and-civil-war-musket-firings-will-be-the-highlight-for-labor-day-weekend-at-fort-donelson-national-battlefield.htm Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:35:19 EST ---Interpretive programs and Civil War musket firings will be the highlight for Labor Day Weekend at Fort Donelson National Battlefield. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/national-public-lands-day.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:35:41 EST Local volunteers and scouts, the Friends of the Fort Donelson Campaign, the Stewart County Chamber of Commerce, and the West Tennessee District Boy Scouts will devote Saturday, September 26, 2009, to help Fort Donelson National Battlefield park staff with several park improvement projects. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/fourth-of-july-events.htm Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:13:45 EST Exhibition at the Visitor Center, July 3-5, 2009.  Artifacts owned by Kraig Lawson and Jack Barnhart. http://www.nps.gov/fodo/parknews/partnership-benefits-schoolchildren-and-park.htm Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:52:44 EST Educational partnership with the West Kentucky Educational Cooperative and Murray State University proves beneficial for students and teachers in the two-state region.  One traveling trunk and other donations provide the Parks as Classrooms program with an extra boost for classrooms.