An early morning visit to Fort Phoenix

Good Morning, I hope life is treating you well

Today I will share with you a few shots from an early morning visit to Fort Phoenix
The gates to the parking at the Fort only open at 6Am which is a problem for most of spring and summer witht he sunrise a lot earlier, but now with sunrise getting later its a good time to visit there

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I little history of the Fort
Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The fort was originally built in 1775 without a name, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Just off the fort, in Buzzards Bay, was the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle off Fairhaven on 14 May 1775.

On 5–6 September 1778, the fort was destroyed by the British when they raided the harbor. A force under Major Israel Fearing drove off the British, both at the fort and when they attempted an attack on the town the next day. The fort was then renamed Fort Fearing. In 1784 it was given the name "Fort Phoenix" after the mythical bird that rose from its own ashes.

The fort was rebuilt in 1798, and rebuilt again in 1808 with 12 guns with Commonwealth resources

And here are three of the guns still at the port, two of the big cannons are shown inthe first photo with the third behind me as I took this shot and there are three other smaller ones there

this park has plenty of benches for people to sit and relax and enjoy the views