Visited Fort Washington. It was built in the late 1700's and rebuilt in the early 1800's. It was an active Fort until just after WWII.
Local wildlife
One of the later batteries built later in the forts life
Fire control for some of the batteries
The original fort
Water battery built to skip cannon balls into enemy ships.
Officers quarters
Powder room
This is the only original cannon to the fort
Old light house and channel marker
Looking toward Mount Vernon
Canon with decorations engraved on it
Kitchen area
The Potomac river
Cool building we drove by
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