The above is the title of an eight-part series that The Virginian-Pilot is running in the newspaper. Part 3 appeared today and you can read a part of it here.
I grew up in Phoebus, just outside of Fort Monroe. Heck, I even worked there two summers, when I was 16 and 17. Nevertheless, I was quite unaware of most of the history of “Freedom Fort,” as the site was known. It certainly wasn’t a part of the curriculum in school.
The series in the paper is riveting and well worth a read.
For a bit of background on this, take a look at this Daily Press story from 2006.
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