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    Fort Foote

    Park Maryland

"A powerful enclosed work"

Fort Foote was constructedin 1863  atop Rozier's Bluff to strengthen the ring of fortifications that encircled Washington, D.C. Two of the Guns that prtoected Washington are still there along with the remains of the fort's earthworks.

Features

  • Ring of fire

    Civil War Defenses of Washington

    Fort Foote is part of a complex of 68 forts that were built around the nations capital during the civil war.

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  • Beyond the Capital

    National Capital Parks - East

    Fort Foote Park is part of National Capital Parks East.

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  • River forts of the Potomac

    Fort Washington

    Along with Fort Foote, Fort Washington controlled the movement of ships on the Potomac.

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Did You Know?

Captain Oscar Solbert, wearing a gas mask and holding a hand grenade, standing with unidentified soldier wearing a gas mask in a field. This photo was not taken at Fort Foote. LOC photo

In 1917 as America entered into World War 1, Fort Foote was used as the training ground for the US poison gas service.