Last night, I was talking with my friend Kevin, who grew up in Brooklyn, at the American Legion and told him I was writing about McGowan's Pass, Fort Fish, Nutter's Battery and Fort Clinton. He said he knew all of these places on Manhattan. But he referred to Fort Clinton as the "Castle."
I didn't know about the Fort Clinton in Central Park being anything like a castle since it was built very quickly.
When I did the search for Fort Clinton this morning, I found out why it was the castle.
It turns out that Manhattan has two fortresses known as Clinton. The one Kevin was referring to is now called Castle Clinton and is at the south end of the island. Both of them were named for mayor DeWitt Clinton, though.
So, this is so you won't get confused about the two Fort Clintons.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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