BIG POOL — Most people in Washington County have heard of Fort Frederick. But did you know that other French and Indian War-era forts once covered the area? When making your way around Washington ...

BIG POOL, Md. (DC News Now) — If you happen to venture into western Maryland this extended holiday weekend and love American history, a visit to Fort Frederick will be well worth your while. The ...

BIG POOL — The towering stone walls that make up Fort Frederick were originally intended to protect Maryland's frontier settlers during the French and Indian War, but the site took on a different role ...

BIG POOL—In the annals of American History, the French and Indian War doesn't get quite the star status of other events. "This is overlooked and misunderstood," said Robert Ambrose, a ranger at Fort ...

It is difficult to imagine residents of the beautiful Lowcountry living under threat of war and desolation. Native Americans who inhabited the islands and forests of the region first felt it when ...

The gates to a 280-year-old fort in Port Royal are opening to the public, and its grounds are being opened by archaeologists seeking artifacts. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources Heritage Trust ...

PORT ROYAL, S.C. — As a military bastion of the then-powerful British Empire, Fort Frederick on the South Carolina coast was a failure. The fort built of a concrete comprised of oyster shells and sand ...

FORT DETRICK, Maryland - In a unique two-for-one deal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, representatives joined Fort Detrick and Frederick officials to cut the ribbon on two recently ...

PORT ROYAL — Music blared from a portable speaker as a dozen volunteers unloaded mesh bags of oyster shells from a boat on the Beaufort River. In the distance, the tabby walls of Fort Frederick stood ...