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Bookmark or Share- Malnourished puppy found abandoned in porta-potty, shelter saysThe Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control said a City of Fort Wayne Right-of-Way Department employee found the puppy on Thursday. Animal Care & Control said the neglected puppy was under the gentle ...
- Visitor Center: Discover Fort Monroe's Rich American HistoryThe construction of Fort Monroe – the largest stone fort in America – and the people who built it; The Civil War period at Fort Monroe and the fort’s role as a place of refuge for Contraband; The aftermath of the Civil War; The American Missionary Association and the founding of Hampton University in 1868
- Fort Monroe National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)Freedom's Fortress: Fort Monroe National Monument. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Explore the hundreds of years of history and significance of "Freedom's Fortress."
- Fort Monroe during the Civil War - Encyclopedia VirginiaWhen Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession was approved by the Virginia Convention on April 17, 1861, Union forces attempted to secure all Union installations within the state. The fort did not share the fate of the smoldering Gosport Navy Yard in neighboring Norfolk, which fell into Confederate hands.
- Fort Monroe | American Battlefield TrustFort Monroe was the only Union controlled fortified base in the Upper South and it soon became known as the “Freedom Fort” by blacks who sought escape from bondage. Brig. Gen.
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