Fort Clinch Fernandina Beach Florida

13.05.2010 / Map
wir muessen uns nur auf Rad schwingen um der Geschichte etwas naeher zu kommen
Fort Clinch danach ist auch der State Park benannt

wenn man wie bei uns in Sizilien der Geschicht auf Schritt und Tritt begegnet so empfindet man die Geschichte hier fast wie Neuzeit

Fort Clinch was named for General Duncan Lamont Clinch, an important figure in Florida’s Seminole War of the 1830s. Construction of the fort started in 1847 by the federal government and continued during the Civil War. Occupied by Confederate forces when the war began in 1861, it was taken by federal troops when a withdrawal was ordered by General Robert E. Lee the following year. The garrison operation was greatly reduced in the years following the Civil War and eventually ceased altogether. In 1898, the fort was reactivated for several months during the Spanish-American War. Today, it remains in a remarkable state of preservation.