(1) Fort Greene was a star-shaped fort built in Brooklyn, New York. It was constructed during the Revolutionary War in August of 1776 and was named for General Nathanael Greene. It was the largest fort in the borough and hosted its own army regiment. I…
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Grenadier's Battery was a circular defensive structure built in New York, in April of 1776 and was located on the bank of the Hudson River near Washington and Harrison Street. It featured breastworks along the river to Hubert Street. In 1780, while in B…
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Griffiss Air Force Base was a military base constructed in Rome, New York, in 1941. The airbase spanned a whopping 2,488 acres of land, and despite its size, its construction took less than a year; The process began in May of 1941, before the base opened…
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Lloyd Harbor Nike Base (NY-20): 1957-63, Suffolk County, Lloyd Harbor. Integrated Fire Control area. Inactivated 1963. Three Magazine Nike Battery Launch site was Huntington. Sites demolished under private ownership. For more information see NIKE and http…
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Fort Look Out (1): Hudson River, North of Annsville Circle. A small Patriot works, covering route from bay towards Continental Village. Evacuated in October 1777 and destroyed by the British. For more information see www.dmna.state.ny.us/map/rev-war.html
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Lower Fort (1): Old Stone Fort, Schoharie, 1777. Lower Fort still stands today and is used as a museum. Built as a Dutch Reformed church in 1772, its walls of Schoharie limestone made it a formidable structure. Begun in 1777 it was enclosed in a stockade …
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/lower
