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Fort Monroe Dredging Unearths Artifacts to Save Historic Post
At Fort Monroe Virginia a young Army skin diver leads volunteers in a moat dredging project to recover 19th century artifacts for a Bicentennial exhibit and to bolster efforts to keep the base open. Pentagon backers seek closure citing age cost and single mission status while locals highlight the fort’s Civil War role and ties to figures like Lee Poe Lincoln and Davis.
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Marjorie Hunter
N.Y
FT. Monroe
Defense Department
Washington
Pentagon
Ft. Eustis
Robert E. Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk