Fort Lee Historic Palisades Park

 

These photos I took here are at the historic site of Fort Lee is in the town of Fort Lee New Jersey. It was originally built in 1776 in response to the British attempting to overtake Boston. This design of the Fort was smart since it was on top of the Mountain giving the Americans a significant height advantage over the British coming from the south end of the Hudson River. The Fort was originally called the Fort Constitution though it changed to be named after General Charles Lee. Eventually later that fall of 1776 the British would overcome the Fort and the Americans had to evacuate, since they left in quick fashion the Americans left back much military artillery and weapons. Which some are still preserved to this day inside the Historic site. The site itself is a building filled with old weapons and cannons inside that viewers can observe, as well as outside the fort people can see cannons and other objects used during these times scattered across the whole field this Historic site contains.  

Link to Fort lee website: https://www.njpalisades.org/fortlee.html