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Fort Stanwix National Monument
Bastion 4: Build A Better Future
 
a goose sits in the sand on a sunny day building a tall sand castle. there are many turrets and a flag, too
Click on Gregg's picture to listen to him and the seagulls build their sand-fort!

Have you ever built sand castles at the beach?


You get the walls so
thick that you are sure the ocean waves can't wash it away.


Then what happens?

 


Right now I am
building a fort!



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Click on Gregg's picture to listen to him and the seagulls build their sand-fort!
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The tide comes in and washes all your hard work away.

But you don't give up!

You start all over. You build your castle in the same stop.

This time you make the walls even thicker.

That's called reconstruction!



The story in this bastion shows us how
Fort Stanwix was built and rebuilt.

The story tells how Fort Stanwix stands for Freedom and how each of us can build a better Future.

 

CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Finish this unit and earn a Junior Ranger Paper Fort to build!

Finish the whole program and earn your Junior Ranger Badge!

 
 
 
A large black triangular hat is right in your face. A man wearing it holds a flute like intrument, he wears a red coat with white facings.  

Did You Know?
Musicians in the Continental Army of the American Revolutionary War acted as the radios of their day. They wore the opposite colors of the other troops in their regiment so their officers could see them to relay orders and form lines around them quickly in battle.

Last Updated: April 13, 2007 at 15:13 EST