Forte_Point

Forte Point Historical Site Visit For our California history class we were asked to visit a historical site or museum this semester. I chose to visit the Fort Point National Historic Site in Golden Gate National Recreation Area Located in Presidio of San Francisco. My visit to the fort was a wonderful experience. The weather was warm and sunny, perfect for visiting and outdoor historical site. At first I was worried that the fort would being boring or uninteresting, however, upon my arrival I was greeted by a 3 story masonary marvel of 18th century engineering. I toured the museum for almost 2 hours. When I left I felt I had learned a great deal about this little known historical place in California. I arrived at the museum on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Their were some park service personal at the entrance to the fort greeting people and there were also 2 people in 18th century military uniforms. The first thing that caught my attention was the massive scale of the building. I walked though 2 huge oak doors that were studded with steel bolts and though a short tunnel that had narrow slits in the bricks on both sides. The tunnel then opened fort, pointe, room, rooms, displays, site, quarters, historical, officers, hall, continued, cannons, top, powder, one, learned, history, forts, california, wonderful, visiting, visit, story, place, museum, military, medical, fire, enemy, end, each, casements, about, yard, while, way, walked, two, tunnel, together, though, steel, stairs, spiral, space, soldiers, slits, signs, showed, shot, short, shoot