Fort Monroe was decommissioned in 2011. It’s one of the oldest forts. They called this spot Point Comfort when the first colonials came to VA. After their long dangerous voyage across the Atlantic they were so happy to find a good place to land.
The fort has so much history I can’t remember half of it, but I’ll give you some info and if it’s not exactly right feel free to tell me.
It was a Union held fort in the Civil War which caused VA some problems because VA. was Confederate. A lot of escaped slaves took refuge there. After the war was over those people started up Hampton University which was the first black university.
The battery is long. My sketch so far only shows about 1/5 or 1/6 of it.
I heard someone wants to redevelop the fort. The plans aren’t all laid out yet. I wonder if they’ll try to take the batteries out. Can you imagine how much dynamite that would take!? That thing is thick!
Three rivers flow together here, the James, the Hampton and the Elizabeth. From there they go into the mouth of the Chesapeake not too far down stream.
From here looking that way they could watch the famous battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, the two first ironclad ships in the Civil War. They bombed each other for hours and neither one sank. They took a break to rearm and do repairs then they went back at it.
What did they learn from that battle? We need bigger guns.
nice rythme (sp) of shapes and contrast and the composition balanced.
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Thanks! I’m going to extend it to the left. This is the most difficult part of the view I started drawing.
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