by Peggy Robin
Fort Stevens 160! Be Part of History!
Saturday, July 13, 2024
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Website: https://theparksdc.com/event/fort-stevens-day-160-anniversary/
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Website: https://theparksdc.com/event/fort-stevens-day-160-anniversary/
Be a part of history and defend the Nation’s Capital! Join us on Saturday, July 13 (10 am-3 pm) for the 160th commemoration of the Battle of Fort Stevens. The event will feature music, speakers, living history reenactors, and more!
DC’s #1 Civil War History Event – Free!
DC’s #1 Civil War History Event – Free!
* “Living History” Reenactors – Military & Civilian
* Music of the Civil War Era!
* Historian talks about the only Civil War Battle in DC!
* Kids activities!
* Food and restrooms
Event Location: Quackenbos Street between 13th & Georgia Ave. NW, Washington D.C.
* Music of the Civil War Era!
* Historian talks about the only Civil War Battle in DC!
* Kids activities!
* Food and restrooms
Event Location: Quackenbos Street between 13th & Georgia Ave. NW, Washington D.C.
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Mgnop7adYAixBEBK8
Click here to download the event flyer.
Click here to download the event program.
More about Fort Stevens from the website of the 54TH Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company B: https://www.54thmass.org/?event=ft-stevens-2024&event_date=2024-07-13
Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. This event commemorates the history of the battle fought there in 1864 and the arrival of President Lincoln to the battleground.
The fort was constructed in 1861 as “Fort Massachusetts” and later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed “Fort Stevens” after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, on September 1, 1862. In 1861, it had a perimeter of 168 yards and places for 10 cannon. In 1862, it was expanded to 375 yards and 19 guns.
It guarded the northern approach to Washington, D.C., the Seventh Street Turnpike. By 1864 Fort Stevens was one part of a thirty-seven mile-long arrangement of fortifications, consisting of sixty-eight forts intended to defend the capital.
Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. This event commemorates the history of the battle fought there in 1864 and the arrival of President Lincoln to the battleground.
The fort was constructed in 1861 as “Fort Massachusetts” and later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed “Fort Stevens” after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, on September 1, 1862. In 1861, it had a perimeter of 168 yards and places for 10 cannon. In 1862, it was expanded to 375 yards and 19 guns.
It guarded the northern approach to Washington, D.C., the Seventh Street Turnpike. By 1864 Fort Stevens was one part of a thirty-seven mile-long arrangement of fortifications, consisting of sixty-eight forts intended to defend the capital.
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The "Get Out! "event of the week is supposed to be posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays, but I forgot to upload it last night, which is why it's a day late.
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