The Road to Fort Duquesne

This memorial was erected in 1907

by the Society of Colonial Wars

in the District of Columbia

to mark the road over which

on April 14, 1755

a division of the British Army

under General Braddock

marched on its ...

The Casemate - Key to Fort Design

If you were to visit the nation's masonry forts built during the Fort Knox era, you would see many features common to most of them. One such feature is the casemate, a large enclosed space with a high, arched ceiling ...

The Heart of the Fort

Fort Knox's thick granite walls were designed to deflect cannon fire from ships passing through the Narrows of the Penobscot River. These walls also enclosed a pentagon-shaped center that contained the heart and soul of the fort.

All of the fort's ...

The Casemate Key to a Fort's Design

Like most other masonry forts built in the United States during the middle 1800s, Fort Popham is made up of a series of casemates. These are large enclosed spaces with high, arched ceilings and places for cannons to fire through ...

Fort Yellowstone- The Drill Field

Gathering place, site of ceremonies and parades, training ground - the drill field was the focal point of daily life at Fort Yellowstone.

Each day began early with a bugler sounding Reveille. Gradually, the fort came to life and another bugle ...

A Tribute to the B-29 Super Fortress "FIFI"

This propeller, one of four, was installed on a B-29 Super Fortress. The B-29 was the largest and deadliest American heavy bomber of WWII. It is the aircraft that effectively ended WWII by delivering atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

Fort Gibson: The New York Harbor System

Fort Gibson was among 40 forts constructed between 1794 and 1812 in the United States. All were built during threats of war resulting from attacks on American shipping by Great Britain and France, two dominant powers of the 18th ...

Fort Gibson: Defending the Approaches

The fort that stood here on Ellis Island was part of two defensive triangles which made it almost impossible for enemy ships to approach New York City. Any ship entering the upper harbor first had to pass the guns of ...

Fort Gibson: Uncovering the Past

If you were standing here in 1812, you would be looking at the exterior wall of Fort Gibson, which was five and a half feet thick and sixteen feet high. What you see now are the remains of that wall’s ...

Fort Gibson: The Other Ellis Island Story

The stones you see here reveal yet another layer of the story of Ellis Island. This is the story of Fort Gibson, one of the earliest forts built after the American Revolution to protect New York Harbor. Discovered during the ...