fort dade deactivated
TBHC85 years ago…
August 31, 1921 – Fort Dade on Egmont Key is deactivated by the United States government. The fort, along with Fort DeSoto across the channel on the tip of the Pinellas Peninsula, was constructed during the Spanish-American War to guard the entrance to Tampa Bay. Remnants of the fort, along with the Egmont Key lighthouse built in 1848, can still be visited today.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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