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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R4X_mount-vernon-memorial-highway_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Construction of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway was the result of years of public support for a dignified memorial road connecting the nation's capital with the home of its first president. The 15-mile roadway opened in 1932, to commemorate the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1E_the-last-defense_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
British warships took advantage of the width and depth of the Potomac River to sail up from the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Existing defenses were too weak to stop them from shelling Alexandria.
Aware that the nation's Capitol was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKV_battery-sater_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Battery Sater and Other Defensive TacticsFort Hunt became fully armed as a coastal defense installation upon completion of Battery Sater, the last of the four gun batteries. Battery Sater also served as a command center for mines placed in the riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKU_beyond-what-you-see-today_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
In addition to its use as a coastal defense during the Spanish-American War, Fort Hunt served further military purposes in later years. During World War II, the military transported enemy prisoners here in unmarked, windowless buses, literally "ke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKT_fort-hunt-park_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Welcome to Fort Hunt Park. The concrete platform in front of you, Battery Mount Vernon, once held a set of heavy guns designed to protect Washington, D.C. from naval attack. In 1885, Secretary of War William C. Endicott chaired a commission that d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKS_people-and-the-land_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
American Indians occupied the region at least 13,000 years ago. They hunted game and gathered nature's bounty while residing in temporary seasonal camps. Approximately 3,000 years ago, they began to grow crops and establish permanent villages.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKR_civilian-conservation-corps_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), originally designed as a New Deal Program under the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, provided work for young men during the Depression Era, a time of excessive unemployment. From 1933-42…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKQ_in-support-of-american-defense_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Fort Hunt played a key role in military development and defense. It was used as a major fortification during the Spanish-American War, as a logistical/training support center during peacetime, and as a military installation during WWI and WWII.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ZY_the-thirteen-adjacent-elms_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
1732-1932.The thirteen adjacent elms representing the thirteen original colonies were planted in commemoration of the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birth and to revere the ancient and honorable artillery company of Massachusetts …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YL_little-hunting-creek_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
The Washington family land south of here, named Mount Vernon in the 1740s, was part of a grant made in 1677 by the Northern Neck proprietors to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Lt. Col. John Washington. George Washington's great-grandfather. John Washing…