From the February 29, 2016, Portland (Maine) Press Herald by Eric Russel.
Fort Gorges is on an island in Casco Bay, only accessible by boat. Portland preservationists and the Army Corps of Engineers are working with the Friends of Fort Gorges group.
Construction on the fort began after the War of 1812 and it was not completed until the Civil War and was already classified as obsolete at that time. It was modeled after Charleston's Fort Sumter and never garrisoned. The federal government gave the fort to Portland 100 years after it was built.
It has six granite walls and is named for Sir Ferdinando Gorges who in the early 1600s is credited with discovering what is today Maine.
During World War II, it was used for military storage.
After all these years it is badly in need of maintenance and repairs.
--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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