Fort Monroe
Americannoun
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a fort at the entrance to Hampton Roads, in SE Virginia.
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a military reservation in SE Virginia, SE of Hampton at Old Point Comfort.
Example Sentences
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In encampments such as Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty and protection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
In February 1862, Bell and others were released back to Union forces in a prisoner exchange at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Little is known about what happened to him later.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
They met in person that Saturday at the Deadrise restaurant on Fort Monroe National Monument in Virginia.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021
On Sunday, Fairfax is scheduled to speak at Fort Monroe in Hampton, where in 1619 the first enslaved Africans in English North America arrived 401 years ago.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2020
After three months at Fort Monroe, she accepted an offer to work for Dorothy Vaughan.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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