![]() ![]() “The reenactors really put forth an amazing effort to portray the whole concept of life at Fort Delaware,” said Dickinson. Students can read the letters and journals of people who lived at the fort.ĭemonstrations are a real eye-opener – how difficult it was to fix meals, sew and wash clothes and make tools and building supplies at the blacksmith shop. The tours “put you in the shoes of people in history who shaped our lives,” said Dickinson. Ann School in Wilmington has been bringing students to the fort for about five years. Inside, tour the officers' quarters, barracks, kitchen, blacksmith shop and ordnance room. As you enter, check out the moat around the fort and the huge steel doors. ![]() The park is a living-history museum where visitors can experience life during the Civil War, as described and demonstrated by staff members in period clothing. What can you do and see at Fort Delaware? More than 10,000 toured the fort last year. ![]() Garvin said, “Our work today expands on generations of preservation efforts by park stewards and ensures Fort Delaware will remain a historical destination for generations of visitors to come.” Manned briefly during World War I and WWII, the island and fort were transferred back to Delaware in 1944. After the Battle of Gettysburg, the population of prisoners swelled to over 10,000. During the Civil War, the Union used it to house Confederate prisoners of war. ![]() The fort was built in the mid-1800s to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia from enemy attack. ![]()
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