01) Ft Ward Musuem Sign
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02) Ft. Ward museum sign with museum in background
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03) Museum building to the left and the officers' hut to the right
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04) Museum building
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05) Front of the Musuem
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06) Our Chair-elect, Guoling Chen, checking in with our Ranger Outing Lead, Edwin Videla
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07) Chair-Elect Guoloing Chen and Ranger Outing Lead Edwin Videla counting attendees
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08) Our guide providing an overview of the tour
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09) Edwin and the guide discussing whether we should start before all the attendees arrived
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10) The Defenses of Washington
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11) The Defenses of Washington
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12) Map the defenses of Washington, DC
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13) The Defenses of Washington
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14) Listening to the story of the defenses of Washington
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15) The defenses of Washington, DC, were located to the north and west
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16) Ft. Ward reconstructed
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17) Pointing out the original and enlarged fort configurations
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18) Listening to the story of the defenses of Washington
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19) Reconstruction of Ft. Ward
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20) Ft. Ward reconstructed
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21) Discussion of the defensive forts
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22) Building a fort
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23) Lewis Cass White wrote about his experiences in the defensive forts
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24) More about Lewis Cass White
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25) He preserved the legacy of Ft Stevens
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26) More about Lewis Cass White
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27) More about Lewis Cass White
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28) The Grand Army of the Republic sponsored reunions
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29) Grand Army of the Republic meeting souvenirs
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30) Examining the exhibits (Michael Beckner and Lolita Harris)
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31) Smallest National Cemetery
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32) Grand Army of the Republic meeting souvenirs
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33) Grand Army of the Republic meeting souvenirs
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34) Listening to our guide (Renee Milnes)
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35) Documenting the life of soldier in the defensive forts
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36) Listening to our guide
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37) Some of the exhibit artifacts
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38) The battle of Fort Stevens
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39) Examining the exhibit cabinets ( Daria Parnes, our guide, Julie, Lolita Harris, John and Cyndi Reichardt, and Guoling Chen)
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40) Some of the exhibit artifacts
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41) Post war organizing
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42) Examing the exhibit cabinets (Cyndi and John Reichardt, and Lolita Harris)
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