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Fort Point, guardian of the Golden Gate

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Immediately under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge stands Fort Point, a US Army fortress that protected the approach to San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. Fort Point is one of the best-preserved coastal defense forts of its era, and one of the few major sites of Civil War significance on the West Coast. Join me on a visit to this remarkable piece of military engineering, and learn about the history of coastal defenses in the United States during the 19th Century.
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For more information about Fort Point, please visit www.nps.gov/fo....
Archival photos from Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons, National Park Service, and the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library.

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@nukiepoo
@nukiepoo 2 жыл бұрын
This is a good channel.
@logawi
@logawi 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@JM-nt5fm
@JM-nt5fm 2 жыл бұрын
Had no idea it was preserved as an example of masonry. Thank you.
@captmack007
@captmack007 2 жыл бұрын
I've been there , well close by yet never understood it until now !
@logawi
@logawi 2 жыл бұрын
I know, I'd been by it plenty of times before actually realizing just what it is!
@Idahoguy10157
@Idahoguy10157 2 жыл бұрын
I toured Fort Point as a Cub Scout. Circa 1965
@logawi
@logawi 2 жыл бұрын
That's great that you got to go back before it was run by the National Park Service.
@Idahoguy10157
@Idahoguy10157 2 жыл бұрын
Coastal Defense Artillery was a.big part of the pre WW2 peacetime US Army
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