Last year I had the chance to check another item off my bucket list and visit Fort Jefferson off the coast of Key West. I took an airplane to save time. My wife didn't come and I was thankful that she let me visit. It was one of a handful of U.S. forts located in a Southern state that didn't fall into the hands of the Confederates during the Civil War such as Fort Sumter. Dr. Samuel Mudd one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators was held prison after the war inside the fort. If you plan on visiting make sure you bring sun screen and fresh water. It was pretty hot for a December day when I visited.
Marker near the front entrance
View from one of the windows
Replica cannon
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