- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Fort Frederica National Monument
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Fort Frederica National Monument (Ga.)
Historic sites--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Ordnance--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Barrier islands--Georgia
Tourists--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Trees--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Tabby (Concrete) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.36954
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The British regiment at Frederica disbanded in May 1749. In April 1758, a great fire swept Frederica, reducing much of it to ashes. Today the ruins form the Fort Frederica National Monument.
Photograph of visitors standing next to the remains of Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island, Georgia. The low, crenelated tabby walls of the fort face the water. A cannon sits in the foreground.
Designed to defend the southern frontier from the continued presence of Spanish colonials in the American Southeast, Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island, Georgia served as the British military headquarters in colonial America. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/cultural-landscape-of-georgia-overview/m-1064/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-frederica
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgias-cultural-landscape-overview
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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