Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Fort Fisher

Since we were already there to see the aquarium, we decided to visit Fort Fisher. This is one of the remaining batteries at the historic site. A good bit of what was once the seaward fortifications have been eroded away. There is a museum there that has an impressive display that takes you through the battle step by step with a cool light show.
The fort guarded the port of Wilmington, NC which was the last port open to Confederate blockade runners.

Here is a link to a Wikipedia entry on Fort Fisher.

3 comments:

Woodie said...

neat, we were planning to head that way but didn't make it. maybe next yr!

4th daughter said...

did u get 2 go in the little hut??? :)

Jandi for The Fuzz said...

We wuz locked out!