Forgotten Forts Series - Fort Livingston

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Fort Macon on the North Carolina coast also has counterscarp galleries and is in very fine condition.
 
View attachment 124965 View attachment 124967 Fort Macon on the North Carolina coast also has counterscarp galleries and is in very fine condition.

FYI - Fort Macon was a ruin in 1932 when Franklin Roosevelt was elected president. As part of the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps make-work program, the fort was restored and opened as a public park. The state of North Carolina, which operates the park, did another restoration and preservation project more recently.
 
"At the outbreak of World War II, the US Army leased the park from the state and actively manned the old fort with Coast Artillery troops to protect a number of important nearby facilities. The fort was occupied from December 1941 to November 1944. During the occupation some unsuspecting soldiers rolled cannonballs into the fireplaces as andirons, mistaking them for solid iron shot. The powder-filled balls exploded, killing two men and injuring others- thus firing the "last shot of the Civil War". On October 1, 1946, the Army returned the fort and the park to the state. A conclusive history of Fort Macon and Fort Macon State Park can be found in Paul R. Branch Jr's book, Fort Macon: A History. (ISBN 1-877853-45-3). Paul R. Branch is Fort Macon's on-site historian and has been part of the Park Ranger staff for over 20 years."

Cheers,
USS ALASKA
 
"At the outbreak of World War II, the US Army leased the park from the state and actively manned the old fort with Coast Artillery troops to protect a number of important nearby facilities. The fort was occupied from December 1941 to November 1944. During the occupation some unsuspecting soldiers rolled cannonballs into the fireplaces as andirons, mistaking them for solid iron shot. The powder-filled balls exploded, killing two men and injuring others- thus firing the "last shot of the Civil War". On October 1, 1946, the Army returned the fort and the park to the state. A conclusive history of Fort Macon and Fort Macon State Park can be found in Paul R. Branch Jr's book, Fort Macon: A History. (ISBN 1-877853-45-3). Paul R. Branch is Fort Macon's on-site historian and has been part of the Park Ranger staff for over 20 years."

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

Some of the CCC men (and boys) who did the 1934-35 restoration of Fort Macon

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Fort Macon is very popular according to NC tourism numbers:

"Fort Macon State Park was among six state park units to see more than a million visitors in 2016, logging a total of 1,329,708 visitors, up 6 percent from 2015. Fort Macon was host to one of the signature events for the centennial celebration."
 
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