Fort Monroe Casemate Museum - Hampton Museum
- 20 Bernard Road
Hampton, VA 23669-2502 - 757-727-3391,
- www-tradoc.army.mil
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| Yahoo! Travel | 4.0 |
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Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
20 Bernard RoadHampton, VA 23669-2502
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- ... was famed during the Civil War as the "Freedom Fort" by blacks escaping from slavery. General Benjamin Butler refusing to return runaway slaves, kept them as "Contrabands" of war, assuring their freedom. Confederate ... more on Virginia.org
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4.0
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Went twice
(07/15/06)
... is in a portion of the wall of the fort. When you walk through it, you see how the fort has changed over the years. It has a lot of information to read at each display, and if you try to read all or most of it, it will take about ... By A Yahoo! User from Hudson, FL, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel
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Don't Miss This Hidden Gem
(Nov 14, 2004)
... by far the best part of our trip to the area and it's free! You go through a military checkpoint, go across a moat, and there's the fort. Going inside is like stepping back in time. You can actually feel and see what it was like to ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Reviews from TripAdvisor
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5.0
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Dramatic Changes since last visit in the 50s
(Aug 10, 2003)
... I visited the museum in the early 60s it was just a couple of dingy little rooms where Jeff Davis was imprisoned after the Civil War. What a diffenence 50 years makes! Today it is nearly 1/5th of the length of the Walls and contains ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Reviews from TripAdvisor
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