in Moreton Bay‚ in the eastern coast of Australia‚ the Fort Lytton National Park preserves the remains of the oldest colonial fortress in Queensland‚ built in 1880-1882. The fort acted as a defence for the harbour of the capital city‚ Brisbane‚ situated 15 km inland‚ and represents the colony’s first response to the need to provide for its own defence system following the withdrawal of the British Imperial Garrisons in the 1860s and 1870s. Fort Lytton continued to be Brisbane’s main coastal defence
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Birch State Park. This area is chock-full of natural beauty that is just waiting to be explored and enjoyed. Take a look at all that it has to offer. Location This state park is located in Fort Lauderdale. It is situated between the Intracoastal Waterway and State Route A1A. Beaches The park is next to Fort Lauderdale Beach. This beach is one of the most popular in the state. The beach is open from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM daily. This beach is ideal for swimming‚ surfing‚ snorkeling‚ and simply
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Running Head: Fort HALLECK Community Profile Rgg ETH/316 F September 2‚ 2012 First named Camp Halleck after the then commander of the United States Army Major General Henry Halleck‚ the camp was formed in 1867. It was renamed Fort Halleck in 1879. During its early years‚ the camp became the social center for the nearby valleys. Much of the goods and other materials required by the camp were furnished by local ranchers
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Material Things Become Important After "The Day" During a nuclear war between Russia and the United States‚ the town of Fort Repose‚ Florida‚ is in the danger zone of radiation poisoning and contaminated items. Randy and the townspeople of Fort Repose must remain calm and ration their supplies. However‚ when the material things run low‚ everything becomes important. People must be creative and composed during this time of chaos. Therefore‚ the importance of material things after "The Day" leads
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The battle took place on April 12‚ 1864. Fort Pillow was originally a Confederate garrison but it fell to Union forces during a previous skirmish. It was situated on the Mississippi River and was used to protect the city of Memphis‚ Tennessee from attacks from the river. The commanding officer on the Union side was Major Lionel F. Booth and he controlled a force of approximately 600 men to guard the garrison of Ft. Pillow. His forces were almost evenly divided between African-American soldiers made
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We left Fort Kearny‚ and currently following the south side of the Platte River‚ we reached the California Crossing‚ but we had to cross sandbars‚ and almost landed on one that wasn’t stable. We reached a steep hill once we had got done crossing the river. I was explaining to everyone that we need to stop‚ so we could remove something to make it easier on us. I had dumped some of my books‚ I was saddened by this because it reminded of my wife‚ and she loved to read. Anyway‚ how we moved the wagon
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Penang’s Changing Role in the Straits Settlementsi‚ 1826-1946 C.M. Turnbull Email maryturnbull@beeb.net ABSTRACT When the East India Company created the Straits Settlements (comprising Penang & Province Wellesley‚ Melaka and Singapore) as the Fourth Presidency of India in 1826‚ Penang was the capital‚ the most important of the settlements. While it remained the headquarters of the judiciary until 1855‚ Penang soon gave way to Singapore as the administrative and commercial capital in
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Travel to Fort Santiago‚ Intramuros When I was in grade 1‚ I’ve already went to Fort Santiago in Intramuros. But I can’t clearly remember what I’ve seen that time because I was too young and I just wanted to explore with no particular task. But when I’ve returned in that place‚ it was very memorable because I’ve seen a very antique place for the second chance. I am really excited to return in that place because I wanted to take pictures with that old place but I have no camera in hand that time
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 by Hermann Müller and Johannes Bell after being written by the leaders of the Allied nations in the aftermath of the First World War. They needed a country on which to pin the blame for the war; a country which would need to accept its defeat by the Allied powers during the war and pay for reparations. The terms of the treaty affected Germany in many ways. For example‚ article 231 of the Treaty stated that Germany would be made responsible for all
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benefit”. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that was signed by the countries that were in war in World War I. The treaty had many different effects on Germany and many different conditions in it. Many people had hated the treaty and others had agreed with everything that the treaty had said. During World War II‚ the Treaty of Versailles impacted Germany’s government. First‚ the Treaty of Versailles was created for a variety of reasons. Secondly‚ there were many conditions in the Treaty Of Versailles
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