{"product_id":"fort-dupont-brendan-mackie-9780738588070","title":"Fort DuPont","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnce a place of war, then a place of health, and finally, preservation, Fort DuPont has had a long and interesting history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFort DuPont is named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and located on the Reeden Point tract, land initially granted to Henry Ward in 1675. The first fortification built was the Ten Gun Battery during the Civil War, a heavily armed earthwork fortification dedicated to protecting the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Delaware Canal--as Sgt. Bishop Crumrine wrote in 1864, These guns command the channel and could blow to atoms any vessel rash enough to attempt to pass. In the decades to follow, the battery at Delaware City was gradually modernized into a formidable military post that remained active through World War II. Declared surplus in post-war peacetime, the site reopened in 1948 as the Governor Bacon Health Center, and by 1996, over 300 acres were reestablished as Fort DuPont State Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan MacKie, Peter K. Morrill, Laura M. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738588075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738588070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.47w x 0.68d","brand":"Brendan MacKie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571390599423,"sku":"9780738588070","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c487bea4-deb0-4bf6-b879-78f182638c1a.jpg?v=1738808095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fort-dupont-brendan-mackie-9780738588070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}