Fort Hunt Park

Infobox_nrhp | name =Fort Hunt
nrhp_type =


caption =
nearest_city= Alexandria, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1897
architect= U.S. Army
architecture= Other
added = March 26, 1980
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=80000353cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Fort Hunt Park is a public park located in Fort Hunt, Fairfax County, Virginia. It is administered by the National Park Service as part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

This park is located along the Potomac River just 11 miles south of Washington, D. C. Its proximity to the Nation's capital dramatically affected the land use history. What occurred on this site frequently mirrored the political and social history of the United States. From the colonial era to the present, this site was used as a farm, a Spanish American War coastal fortification, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the setting for top secret World War II military intelligence operations (known as "P.O. Box 1142"), and now as a popular picnic area. [cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/fohu/forgotten.htm|title=Fort Hunt - The Forgotten Story|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2008-01-07] [cite news| url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93635950| title=Breaking The Silence Of A Secret POW Camp| first=Pam| last=Fessler |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2008-08-18]

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/fort-hunt.htm Fort Hunt Park] at the National Park Service website
* [http://fort-hunt.info/community.asp#park Fort Hunt Info] about the park and nearby community