Fort Norfolk's main gate. Such a dainty-looking window over the gate! One can imagine some rude British soldier throwing a brick through it if nobody would let them in.
On the plaque at the gate's right: IN HONOR OF THE 750 VIRGINIANS WHO WERE STATIONED AT FORT NORFOLK DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AND ALL VIRGINIANS WHO FOUGHT IN THAT WAR DEFENDING THEIR NATIVE VIRGINIA AND THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THE INVADING BRITISH
Goodness. One imagines that both punctuation and lower-case letters cost extra.
On the plaque at the gate's right: IN HONOR OF THE 750 VIRGINIANS WHO WERE STATIONED AT FORT NORFOLK DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AND ALL VIRGINIANS WHO FOUGHT IN THAT WAR DEFENDING THEIR NATIVE VIRGINIA AND THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THE INVADING BRITISH
Goodness. One imagines that both punctuation and lower-case letters cost extra.
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