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The Fort Totten Visitor's Center has been refurbished and houses a museum with exhibits about the history of Fort Totten. [22] Parts are used by the New York Police Department (including the former naval minefield facilities) and the FDNY as a training center. Also, the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 12-1 is located here.
Fort Totten was a medium-sized fort, a seven-sided polygon with a perimeter of 272 yards (249 m). It was located atop a ridge along the main road from Washington to Silver Spring, Maryland, about three miles (5 km) north of the Capitol, and a half-mile from the Military Asylum or Soldiers' Home, where President Abraham Lincoln spent his summers while president. [2]
Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic fort that sits on the shores of Devils Lake near Fort Totten, North Dakota. During its 13 years of operation as a fort, Fort Totten was used during the American Indian Wars to enforce the peace among local Native American tribes and to protect transportation routes.
Fort Totten may refer to: Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City; Fort Totten, North Dakota. Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school; Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C. Fort Totten (WMATA station), a Metro ...
Fort Totten Officers' Club, also known as the Castle, is a historic clubhouse located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens, New York. The officers' club was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887.
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C.. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E., Allison Street N.E., and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
The 151st Theater Information Operations Group, or 151st TIOG, is an Information Operations formation of the United States Army Reserve, headquartered at Fort Totten, New York. Founded in 2009, the 151st TIOG is the only Theater Information Operations Group in the U.S. Army Reserve.
The Civil War-era Fort Totten was built as part of the Defenses of Washington, D.C. A few earthworks remain in Fort Totten Park. The surrounding neighborhood, an apartment house development (Aventine Fort Totten), [7] and a Washington DC Metro station bear his name. Fort Totten (Queens) is a historic former U.S. Army fort maintained by New York ...