Fort Point

Fort Point is at the south base of the Golden Gate Bridge and served as a base during the Civil War that was able to sink any wooden ship that entered into the San Francisco Bay. We went on a beautiful January morning/afternoon where it was 57 degrees and sunny. They had a special event day where they had Civil War re-enactments of military formations and displays of weapons and costumes of the times. So it was the perfect time to go since we were studying Civil War history in homeschool. While we were in San Francisco, we took a tour of three bridges and talked about the differences in them: Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, and Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

What a beautiful day!

The Union Army outfits and a lady of the time greeted us and gave demonstrations.

They even let me hold one of the guns, it sure was heavy.

There were ones we could touch and then there were some authentic ones actually used in the war that were only for display...cool.

I stood at attention, while my brother practiced his slouch.

These beds were much better than the ones at Valley Forge!

Forts are pretty cool, we could picture the Separatists trying to attack this place full of Clone Troopers.

This lighthouse helped ships coming in that were "friendlies."

They built this fort based on the one at Fort Sumter in South Carolina where the first shots of the war were fired.

We figured out that the bridge wasn't there when the fort was first built, but they did have lots of cannons that aren't here anymore.

She showed us how some of the ammo for the cannons. It was pretty heavy. That would really hurt coming at you.

The buglers and drummers were important for communication amongst the army.