United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.369541708/2022The 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-fredericahttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgias-cultural-landscape-overviewForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-fredericahttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgias-cultural-landscape-overviewForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaFort Frederica National Monument (Ga.)Historic sites--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandOrdnance--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandBarrier islands--GeorgiaTourists--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandTrees--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandTabby (Concrete)Fort Frederica National MonumentStillImage