Parkers Crossroad's Joins National Park Service

Parkers Crossroad’s, Tenn.–The city of Parker’s Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission have conducted a public signing ceremony commemorating the establishment of Parker’s Crossroads as an affiliated area of the National Park Service.
Representing the National Park Service was Dale Wilkerson, Superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park; representing Parker’s Crosswords was Kenneth Kizer, Mayor of Parker’s Crossroads; and representing the Tennessee Historical Commission was Patrick McIntyre, Executive Director.
“Earlier this year congress passed, and the president signed, public law 116-9, which formally established Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park Service,” said Shiloh Superintendent Dale Wilkerson.  “Becoming an affiliated area offers many benefits to the battlefield, and allows the National Park Service to enter into agreements to provide assistance for interpretation and preservation of the battlefield.  We are extremely pleased to be able to formalize our long-standing relationship with Parkers Crossroads.”
“The designation of Parker’s Crossroads as an affiliated area of the National Park Service is a tremendous honor,” said Tennessee Historical Commission Executive Director Patrick McIntyre.  “This recognition is a testament to the importance of this place, as well as an endorsement of the work by those who have been instrumental in preserving this battlefield for posterity.”
“Parker’s Crossroads is pleased to establish this partnership,” said Mayor Kenneth Kizer.  “It is going to raise the level of interpretation and increase visitation to this historic site.  We appreciate all the efforts made at the federal and state level to bring this to fruition.”
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s Crossroads Battlefield preserves and interprets the site where almost 2,000 men commanded by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest were engaged by two Federal brigades commanded by General Jeremiah C. Sullivan on December 31, 1862.  After the fight, General Forrest was able to cross the Tennessee River.