- Fort Ruger
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name= Fort Ruger
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location=Honolulu , Hawaiokinai
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used=1909 - Present
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events=Fort Ruger is a fort on the island of Ookinaahu that served as the first military reservation in the
Territory of Hawaii . Named after Civil War GeneralThomas H. Ruger and built withinDiamond Head Crater, the fort was established by theUnited States in 1909 for the purpose of defending the harbor of its newly annexed territory. [cite web |url=http://www.dod.state.hi.us/hiarng/environmental/docs/Diamond%20Head%20Soil%20Reclamation%20Project.pdf |title=Fort Ruger Soil Reclamation Project - Fact Sheet No. 1 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-21] Despite being listed on theNational Register of Historic Places , [cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/HI/Honolulu/state.html |title=National Register of Historical Places - Hawaii (HI), Honolulu County |accessdate=2008-02-21] portions of the site are still used for training by theHawaii National Guard .cite web |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Mar/26/ln/ln02a.html |title=World War II fortifications still present on Ookinaahu |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=2002-03-26 |accessdate=2008-02-21]References
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