Keeping America Safe
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 3:02 pm
Built and improved, during the 1830's & 1840's, Fort Wayne at Detroit was built as a formidable deterrent to British-Canadian Invasion of the U.S.
Subsequent Treaties made it unnecessary to install Cannon, although C.W. photos taken at Ft. Wayne, show Cannon in at least some bastions.
In 1966-1967, it was still a U.S. Army Base when my H.S. classmates and I reported to our local draft-board and were bused to the base for our draft physicals.
(The way we were treated that day, definitely clarified my thinking on voluntarily having a military career)!
About 1968, the Federal Government, decommissioned Ft. Wayne and deeded it to the City of Detroit.
The City utilized the residential buildings to house people, displaced by the 1967 Riots, (now being justified and called "The Insurrection").
The buildings were abused, vandalized, and stripped of valuable material.
From time to time, Detroit has put money and effort into preserving Ft. Wayne, as a Museum and Historic Site. But, priorities and budgets returned it to neglect and vandalism.
There is now the possibility of a partnership between the N.P.S., City of Detroit, and Private Corporations, for preservation and multiuse of the intact, strategic and historic location.
(That would be cool. The Fort is beautifully situated on the Detroit River)!
Subsequent Treaties made it unnecessary to install Cannon, although C.W. photos taken at Ft. Wayne, show Cannon in at least some bastions.
In 1966-1967, it was still a U.S. Army Base when my H.S. classmates and I reported to our local draft-board and were bused to the base for our draft physicals.
(The way we were treated that day, definitely clarified my thinking on voluntarily having a military career)!
About 1968, the Federal Government, decommissioned Ft. Wayne and deeded it to the City of Detroit.
The City utilized the residential buildings to house people, displaced by the 1967 Riots, (now being justified and called "The Insurrection").
The buildings were abused, vandalized, and stripped of valuable material.
From time to time, Detroit has put money and effort into preserving Ft. Wayne, as a Museum and Historic Site. But, priorities and budgets returned it to neglect and vandalism.
There is now the possibility of a partnership between the N.P.S., City of Detroit, and Private Corporations, for preservation and multiuse of the intact, strategic and historic location.
(That would be cool. The Fort is beautifully situated on the Detroit River)!