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Fort Jefferson

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Fort Jefferson
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“Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and constructed of over 16 million bricks. Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort…”
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OutsideApr 1

A Hurricane Buried This Soldier in 1873. Archeologists Just Found Him in America’s Most Remote Park.

Archeologists have finally located the 150-year-old lost grave of Soldier George Tupper at Dry Tortugas National Park.

19th-century U.S. military post

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