The largest stone fort in the United States its at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near virginia. Up next fort monroe director robin read gives us a tour showcasing the history from the colonial era to its completion. In 1834 and its role in the seven civil war. Welcome to the very Pleasant Place that we call point comfort. Actually we call it all played comfort and its been named that for a long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact someone say even longer, some say even thousand or years. Youre actually inside a case mate. Case made is nothing more than a fault inside the fort wall xerox lean side the fault for wall. Kind of unique for a museum to this day in time we will walk you through the museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the genie indians, they africans who first arrived here and there play during the civil war. Thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to mi
If welcome, we are in this place called point comfort. Its been that way for a long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact some would say even longer, thousands of years. We are inside the case made museum, aptly named, because yours actually inside a case made. Its nothing more than a vault, its not afford ball. So you are actually inside the fort wall. Kind of unique for a museum in this day and time. Were gonna walk you through the case, museum we will talk about the very interesting thing that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the africans that first arrived here, and the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. The migrated as far as west as mexico. And the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america. They migrated all the way here to point comfort, where 40 monroe is located today. They were hunters, gatherers, and they lived a very successful an
It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. The casemate is nothing more than a vault inside the fort wall. You were inside the fort wall. Unique for museums in this day and time. We will walk you through the museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the people that first arrived here and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate, starting as far west as mexico. The Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america. They migrated to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They were gatherers and lived a prosperous life here. In 1607, the english had come and by that time they learned the art of cultivation. The english would struggle the first three years. They too would prosper. We know from the secretary of the college that in 6019, 20 odd negroes arrived here. They were traded for goods. After that, we see
Museum director, gives us a tour showcasing the forts history, through the colonial area to its completion in 1834. And its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort mineral, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort, actually we call it old Point Comfort, and thats been that way for a long long time. It was here that over 400 years ago, 400 years of history have occurred. Some would say even thousands of years. Right outside the museum, happily named because youre actually the case made is nothing more than a vault inside of fort wash. Youre actually unsolved fort wall kind of unique for museums in this day and time. Were gonna walk you through the case make museum, and talk about the very interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories reveal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. And their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate, they migrated as far as west as
Social media. Follow us at cspan history. The largest stone fort announcer the largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near hampton, virginia. Up next, Fort Monroe Casemate Museum director robin reed gives us a tour, showcasing the forts history, from the colonial era, through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Mr. Reed welcome to fort monroe, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. We actually call it old Point Comfort. That has been that way for a long, long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact, some would say even longer. Some would say even thousands of years. We are inside the Casemate Museum, aptly named because we are actually inside a casemate. A casemate is nothing more than a vault inside a fort wall. So you are actually inside the fort wall, kind of unique for museums at this point in time. We will walk you through the Casemate Museum and talk to you about the