European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The fortified Cit of Washington Washington . It. De Russy it Reno \ it. Stevens it. Slocum it. Bayard but. Kemble it. Totten it. Bunker Hill us Ethel Allen it. C. F. Smith \ it. Myer it. Dupont it. Richardson it. Ward it. Davis it. Ricketts. Stanton \ it. Mcnair it. Carroll it. Greble it. Foote Maryland it. Scot Virginia n it. Willard it. Washington � 6th army Cav regt the 35th brigade of i he air defense come and the National Security Agency Are located at Meacle. But today s forts Only make up a Small fraction of the defences which ringed the capital a Little More than Century ago. These included forts Ward and Marcy in Virginia and Battery Kemble and forts Ricketts and Bayard Reno Derussy Stevens Slocum Tot ten Bunker Hill Mahan Dupont Davis Stanton Carroll Greble Foote and Washington in the District and nearby Maryland. They have All been restored for his tory buffs tourists and just Plain Visi tors who Only want a quiet spot for a sunday picnic. 0 ners once in the Virginia Hills Overlook a the capital were forts Richard Scott Ethan Allen and c. F. Smithy Illard further South along the to 13, but today they Are a part of Bia and virtually forgotten. 1 Washington on the Maryland f the Potomac and across from Jungton s Home at mount Vernon a most imposing of the lot and no of the oldest having been Builtin 1815 and 1824. The ramparts till standing and two 24-Pounderjsiege guns each weighing 3 tons mounted on Barbette carriages the Ducr approaches to the Cap they Are impressive and so is Jay these guns and All the Therun Vitters mortars and 100-Pounder ton Sill f Side Alsi Bel arc1 Iron Gua ital tint