Clarksville Living Magazine — October 2024
The October 2024 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine walks Greenwood Cemetery's history, celebrates Emancipation Day at Dixon Park, and raises a glass at the Big Night of Bourbon.
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The seasonal cover feature turns to Greenwood Cemetery, with county historian and author Carolyn Ferrell — who wrote Greenwood Cemetery: A History — conducting Sunday tours that bring the site's stories to life. It is a fitting October subject, pairing local history with the season's reflective mood.
The issue covers the 2024 Emancipation Day Celebration, which brought hundreds to Dixon Park for food, music, dancing and historical perspective — a commemoration rooted in Clarksville's Black history and community. And the Big Night of Bourbon returned for its second year, with Sandra Brandon, Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville, reflecting on the fundraiser that supports the mentoring organization's work.
Those features sit alongside the magazine's continuing coverage of the businesses, nonprofits and people shaping the city, and the food, history and photo spreads that round out each issue.
The October number carries the full autumn calendar heading toward the holidays, capturing a month that runs from a historic cemetery tour to an Emancipation Day celebration to a bourbon fundraiser — the breadth of a Clarksville October in one issue. The cemetery sits at 976 Greenwood Avenue, and Clarksville Mayor Pro Tem Wanda Smith organizes the annual Emancipation Day Celebration that drew hundreds to Dixon Park. The Big Night of Bourbon returned for a second year in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville, one of several fall fundraisers that turn the season's gatherings toward local causes.
Table of Contents
- Greenwood Cemetery (p. 6)
- River City Clay Gallery (p. 9)
- Emancipation Day (p. 10)
- Big Night of Bourbon (p. 12)
- Tailgate Alley (p. 16)
- Lone Oak Picnic (p. 17)
- Honoring Curtis Johnson (p. 20)
- Pumpkin Cheesecake (p. 23)
- Business After Hours (p. 24)
- History, Myth, Folklore and Fun (p. 14)
- STYX at F&M Bank Arena (p. 26)
- Flying High (p. 27)
- Black Excellence Brunch (p. 30)
- Veteran Business of the Month (p. 32)
- Haunted Facts about Clarksville (p. 34)
- Taste of Clarksville (p. 36)
- Women’s Expo 2024 (p. 41)
- Relay for Life (p. 42)
- Liverpool Legends (p. 44)
- Yaipak (p. 18)
- Pumpkin Lattes (p. 22)
- Hummingbird (p. 37)
- Parlor Doughnuts (p. 38)
Regular departments
- Calendar (p. 45)