1. Around 25 million bricks were used to construct Fort Pulaski.
2. Construction work on Fort Pulaski National Monument started in 1829 and continued till 1847. The directions to build the fort were given first, by Major General Babcock, and later by Second Lieutenant Robert E. Lee.
3. Initially, the average thickness of Fort Pulaski National Monument was between five and eleven feet.
4. The prime aim behind building the fort was to protect the United States from foreign invasion.
5. Fort Pulaski served as the battlefield on 10th & 11th April 1862, when the war between Union forces and Confederate troops was going on.
6. The government of the United States spent about $1,000,000 to build this monument.
7. Fort Pulaski was opened to the public only after the commencement of World War II.
8. Fort Pulaski National Monument also served as a prisoner-of-war camp, in the past.
9. Fort Pulaski was declared a National Monument by the War Department on 15th October 1924, in accordance with the proclamation of the then President, Calvin Coolidge.
10. Fort Pulaski National Monument was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
2. Construction work on Fort Pulaski National Monument started in 1829 and continued till 1847. The directions to build the fort were given first, by Major General Babcock, and later by Second Lieutenant Robert E. Lee.
3. Initially, the average thickness of Fort Pulaski National Monument was between five and eleven feet.
4. The prime aim behind building the fort was to protect the United States from foreign invasion.
5. Fort Pulaski served as the battlefield on 10th & 11th April 1862, when the war between Union forces and Confederate troops was going on.
6. The government of the United States spent about $1,000,000 to build this monument.
7. Fort Pulaski was opened to the public only after the commencement of World War II.
8. Fort Pulaski National Monument also served as a prisoner-of-war camp, in the past.
9. Fort Pulaski was declared a National Monument by the War Department on 15th October 1924, in accordance with the proclamation of the then President, Calvin Coolidge.
10. Fort Pulaski National Monument was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
