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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Fort Monroe II & Signs, Signs & Good Fences

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Still showing you around the outside of the fort....

These 2 gentlemen were telling us about runaway slaves at the fort and their role in the Civil War:
For more on that CLICK HERE

Linking with Signs, Signs & Good Fences ....more tomorrow...sorry I missed yesterday, we took a spontaneous trip to Raleigh!


27 comments:

  1. Looks like an interesting tour of the Fort. Great shots, enjoy your day!

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  2. Great photos. I love visiting places like that! We've been to many Civil War battlefields, but never to that fort.

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  3. What a great piece of history.

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  4. Such an interesting place to visit with its sturdy walls and fences.

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  5. Especially loved the up close flag shot.

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  6. Looks like an interesting place to visit.
    Beautiful pictures, Tanya !

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  7. A fine place to visit to learn more about our country's history.

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  8. A very interesting post with great pictures!

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  9. Love the Civil War actors who bring the history to life. Great post.

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  10. The construction of the fort stands up well. I really like the re-enactors.

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  11. Looks like a really interesting place. I hope to see it one day.

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  12. Can you imagine having to wear a uniform like that at Fort Monroe in the summer? :-0

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  13. Hi Tanya,
    I love the photos of the fort and the surrounding water.
    Won't those gentlemen be warm in them jackets? :)
    Have a Wonderful Day!
    Peace :)

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  14. Looks like the boys enjoyed exploring Fort Monroe Tanya.. There's nothing like actually visiting history to make it more interesting to learn about history :)

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  15. Looks like the boys enjoyed exploring Fort Monroe Tanya.. There's nothing like actually visiting history to make it more interesting to learn about history :)

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  16. Great stone walls and railings, fort. Nice pictures with the young lads..

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  17. Great stone walls and safety fencing. Your boys seem to be enjoying this fort. Do you by any chance "home-school" because if you do they are getting a great education by visiting all these places.

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  18. Did you go for a swim? Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  19. It's nice to time-travel, isn't it?

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  20. Looks like a cool place to visit. I bet you are enjoying the boys being out of school. My grands sure are excited.

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  21. I love the stone/block work...whatever you want to call it.

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  22. Great post...I love the photo of the fort on the water. Looks like the boys really enjoyed the visit. So nice to have some re-enactors to fill in some of the blanks.

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  23. That looks like a great place to visit. I really like the photos of the buildings beside the water.

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