Fort Monroe, Virginia

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National Historic Landmark National Monument of the United States former United States Army post historic coastal fortification historic district

Fort Monroe, Virginia is a historic coastal military installation at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay that long served as a key U.S. Army post and defensive stronghold.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Monroe	14
Fort Monroe, Virginia canonical	4
Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States	2
Fort Monroe (military installation and surrounding area)	1
Fort Monroe Authority (Commonwealth of Virginia)	1
Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark District	1
Fortress Monroe (Fort Monroe)	1
Hampton Roads defenses	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Monument of the United States ⓘ former United States Army post ⓘ historic coastal fortification ⓘ historic district ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1966 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fortress Monroe ⓘ Freedom’s Fortress ⓘ
area	approximately 565 acres ⓘ
baseRealignmentAndClosureAction	2005 BRAC decision ⓘ
builtBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
closedAsArmyPost	2011 ⓘ
completedIn	1834 ⓘ
constructionBegan	1819 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countyOrEquivalent	Hampton ⓘ surface form: Independent city of Hampton
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark	1960 ⓘ
designatedNationalMonumentBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
designatedNationalMonumentDate	2011-11-01 ⓘ
designedBy	Simon Bernard ⓘ
features	Casemate Museum ⓘ bastions and ramparts ⓘ moated stone fort ⓘ
garrison	United States Army ⓘ
governingBody	Fort Monroe, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Monroe Authority (Commonwealth of Virginia) National Park Service ⓘ
hasViewOf	Hampton Roads ⓘ
heldPrisoner	Jefferson Davis ⓘ
JeffersonDavisImprisonmentEnd	1867 ⓘ
JeffersonDavisImprisonmentStart	1865 ⓘ
locatedAt	mouth of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton ⓘ surface form: Hampton, Virginia United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn	Old Point Comfort ⓘ
namedAfter	James Monroe ⓘ fifth president of the United States ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads harbor
notableEvent	“Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 ⓘ
notableFor	remaining under Union control throughout the American Civil War ⓘ
partOf	Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications
primaryFunction	coastal defense of Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
servedAs	headquarters of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicRole	guarding entrance to Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River approaches to Washington, D.C. ⓘ
TRADOCHeadquartersFrom	1973 ⓘ
TRADOCHeadquartersTo	2011 ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	American Civil War ⓘ War of 1812 era coastal defense system ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command → previousHeadquartersLocation → Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ

Matthew Ridgway → birthPlace → Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States

Fort Eustis, Virginia → locatedNear → Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Army Cadet Command → previousHeadquartersLocation → Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ

Fort Monroe, Virginia → governingBody → Fort Monroe, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Monroe Authority (Commonwealth of Virginia)

Third System of US seacoast defense → hasPart → Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ