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Fort Washington Park

Built to defend the river approach to Washington, DC, Fort Washington has stood sentry for over 200 years. As technologies […]

These words by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ushered the United States into World War II and defined what it is

Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Moultrie, defeated

Fort Monroe’s story spans from prehistory to the 2000s. Kecoughtan Indians occupied Old Point Comfort before the arrival of English

For much of the 19th century, masonry fortifications were the United States’ main defense against overseas enemies. However, during the

Amongst the shallow blue waters of the Outer Banks lies Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island. Shaped by constant winds of

Explore life on the edge of frontier and Indian Territory through the stories of soldiers, the Trail of Tears, scandals,

by the dawn’s early light, a large red, white and blue banner? Whose broad stripes and bright stars… were so

War was imminent as James Oglethorpe established Fort Frederica in 1736, to help protect the British colonies from the Spanish

Fort Matanzas National Monument preserves the fortified coquina watchtower, completed in 1742, which defended the southern approach to the Spanish

Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars’ frontier military post in the Southwest. From

Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender of Confederate Fort