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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Fort Stanwix National Monumentkids build block forts, stand as soldiers, and have fun as they explore Fort Stanwix!
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a lush green grassy hole is filled with large, white, triangular, canvas tents. wooden walls and shadows loom over them.
Tents of camp followers and overflow troops sit in the ditch surrounding the fort.
A small baby is held in its mother's arms. It is wearing a white cap, and a white fabric sheet as a covering. Its mother clutches it tightly  

Did You Know?
A baby girl was born at Fort Stanwix on August 22, 1777, the final day of the British siege. To this day we do not know the mother's or daughter's names.

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Last Updated: September 21, 2009 at 16:09 EST