Today is another
museum day. Linda is just so excited, NOT. We have passed Fort Monroe
on the southern end of Hampton many times, but never have visited
there. Fort Monroe has a long history from the early 1800’s and
was very important during the Civil War as a Union Strong hold in the
South. Fort Monroe is the
largest stone fort in the USA and only recently became a National
Monument and was decommissioned in 2011.
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Fort Monroe
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We tour the museum
that is in a section of the wall of the old fort, actually in old gun
emplacements that had been converted into offices and officer
quarters.
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Between each arch was a gun emplacement
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I am surprised that we drive into the fort over one of the
many one car wide bridges over the surrounding moat. There are
traffic lights for the one way at a time bridges. This place is
huge inside, with lots of housing that is being put to private use as
homes. The grounds outside the fort is another larger town, that was
part of the military base, long after the fort was needed as a
defensive position, but only as a training base. There are lots of
World War I and II gun emplacements outside the fort just behind the
beaches.
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Foot bridge over the moat
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The moat
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WWII gun emplacement
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On the beach
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We stop for a late
lunch at the “Deadrise” on the water on the fort grounds. The
wind is blowing so hard we have a hard time opening the entrance door
on the second floor deck. We split a fabulous and huge shrimp and
scallop burrito. Head back to Hampton Pier and return our rental car.
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