Ukuhlola i-Fort Negley yeMbali
I-Fort Negley yayisisombululo esikhulu kunazo zonke ezakhiwe yi-Union Army e-Nashville, kunye nenqaba enkulu yamatye angaphakathi ngaphakathi eyakhiwe ngexesha leMfazwe yombutho. Nangona i-fort yayisetyenziswe njenge-Union Army ephambili xa ivakalisa ukuphakama kwayo kwi-Confederate, yayingakhange ihlaselwe ngokuqondile ngexesha leMfazwe yaseNashville, elithatha ubomi abangaba ngu-9 000.
I-Fort Negley ihlanganisa iihektare ezine kwaye yakhiwa ngo-1862 ngamakhoboka kunye nabamnyama abakhululekile.
Amadoda angaphezu kwama-2 700 ase-Afrika kunye namaMerika asebenze iinyanga ezintathu ukuba akhe i-Fort Negley, kunye ne-300 kuphela ehlawulwayo ngenxa yokusebenza kwabo.
Ngethuba lokuvuselela emva kweMfazwe yombutho, loo ndawo yayisetyenziselwa indawo yokuhlangana yeKu Klux Klan. Uphawu oluhamba kunye neendonga zeenqaba ngoku lixelela ibali le-fort kunye nabantu abayakhayo nabenzayo.
Emva kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha yokunyanzelwa kwaye ivalwe kuluntu inqaba yavulwa ngoDisemba 2004.
NgoDisemba ka-2007, amagosa asezidolophini aseMetro Nashville, amalungu e-Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, kunye nabangama-200 ababukeli balingisa izinto ezinzima ukuba bafike ekuvulekeni kwe-$ 1 yezigidi, abaxhasi beRhafu Negley Visitors Centre. Iziko liphonsela e-Fort Negley kwaye lihlala kwintaba nje kwiChestnut Street phakathi kweGrade Stadium kunye ne-Adventure Science Centre.
Ababhenkethi beZiko lavulwa ngomhla we-143 wokulwa kweNtshonalanga yaseNashville, ukukhumbula okukholelwa ukuba yindawo yokuvula i-salvo yezibhengezo kwelinye lezimfazwe ezibaluleke kakhulu kwiMfazwe.
I-Centre yeeNtengiso ze-Fort Negley, indawo enee-square-4,05-square-square, iquka indawo yendawo yokuzonwabisa, indawo yokubonisa, igumbi lokuhlangana kunye ne-outza yangaphandle.
Isicwangciso ngoku se-Fort Negley kunye neZiko leZwendwendwe elitsha ukuba lisetyenziselwe injongo yezemfundo, kunye nokunceda abantu bafune ookhokho babo abalwa kwiMfazwe Yombutho ngokufikelela kwiziko lekhompyutha.
Iziko libonisa iteknoloji yokusebenzisana, iifoto zengqolowa, kunye nevidiyo yecandelo malunga nendima ye-Nashville kwiMfazwe yombango, echazwe yi-Kix Brooks yomhlaba we-music duo Brooks noDunn.
Ukwamkelwa kwiziko leZiko leTwendwe lase-Fort Negley likhululekile kwaye livuliwe ngoLwesibili ngoMgqibelo. Iindwendwe ze-fort ziya kwenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Historical Resters Rest Plantation kunye neMyuziyam, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-6 ukuya ngasezantsi. Amavolontiya kunye nezikhundla zeDentent ziyafumaneka. Ababhenkethi base-Fort Negley baqhutyelwa ngabasebenzi baseMetro Parks.