ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Today’s walk included an appearance by my special guest, the lovely Thurraya. The weather was beautiful and so was the company.

Completed in September 1861, Fort Ward was one of the 164 earthwork forts and batteries known as the Defenses of Washington designed to protect the Union capital city during the U.S. Civil War. Named for Commander James H. Ward, the first Union naval officer to die in the Civil War, the original fort had a 540-yard perimeter and emplacements for 24 guns.

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