Clarksville Living Magazine — November 2021

The November 2021 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine stands with veterans through Operation Stand Down, gives thanks for a return to the Thanksgiving table, and marches through the city's parade history.

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“Let's Talk Turkey” opens onto Operation Stand Down Tennessee, which supports some of the most important members of the community — its military veterans. OSDTN began its work in Tennessee in 1993 as a crisis-response group, and the feature spotlights an organization whose mission carries special weight in a town shaped by Fort Campbell.

“Gratitude” captures the emotional heart of the season. With Thanksgiving around the corner, many families planned to gather again after being unable to the year before because of the pandemic — the feature reflects on the simple, newly precious pleasures of good food and time together that 2020 had put out of reach.

“Vintage Clarksville: A Plethora of Parades” marches through the city's long tradition of public celebration, gathering the history of the processions that have marked Clarksville's calendar for generations — a fitting subject as the holiday parade season approaches.

The issue threads a line from service to gratitude to shared tradition: an organization standing up for veterans, families reuniting at the table, and a city's parades stretching back through time — all the makings of a meaningful November.

Around those features the issue carries its recurring local coverage, the businesses, history and community stories that anchor each month, giving the month of thanks both substance and warmth.

The recurring local coverage — the businesses, recipes, history and community stories that anchor each month — rounds out a November issue built around gratitude in its fullest sense: for the veterans the community owes so much, for the families able to gather again, and for the traditions that carry a city through the years. It is a warm, grounded lead-in to the holidays.

Table of Contents

• Let'S Talk Turkey (p. 6)
• Gratitude (p. 8)
• Vintage Clarkville: A Plethora Of Parades (p. 12)
• Parenting A Big Personality With A Little Perspective (p. 14)
• Mom & Dad'S Music Store (p. 16)

Regular departments

• Calendar Of Events (p. 20)
• Network (p. 28)