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REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time
A FORT IN THE WOODS
all of Fairlington existed I knew very little about. I never
played war, nor because of the woods I never played Calvary
in the open desert.
That’s not to say that I didn’t have a mason jar full of little lead
balls. I’d collected them in the woods, particularly around my
favorite place. They were everywhere.
This grand overgrown spot in the middle of the woods,
surprisingly might have been the remains of Fort Reynolds. A
fort built in 1861. It was established as a Union Sentry
overlooking and protecting Washington from the Confederate
Army of Virginia.
It’s difficult to tell if it was the fort, yet scholars today believe
it was. I wonder, because there were no buildings, or even
wooden debris around. Only the hillocks and trench, which of
course were characteristic of forts in those days.
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