The scent of musket fire remains in the air, and if you listen hard you can hear cannon fire, screams of soldiers, orders being barked, horses neighing. Fort Fisher is a National Historic Civil War Landmark found on a slim finger of land below Wilmington, North Carolina.
A boardwalk takes you through the wetlands. A relatively short walk, the boardwalk takes you around the earthen bunkers, through the salt marsh and beneath towering live oaks.
It is very quiet.
Ocean-going vessels can be seen traveling to the Atlantic where once a great battle raged.
Besides our talking the only sounds were of wind and birds.
A great place for reflection.
Wind-swept live oaks.
My favorite trees.
Fort Fisher has a marvelous website. For more information go here.
6 comments:
What a lovely area for a walk. It is hard to believe a battle was fought there. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Julie
Julie Magers Soulen Photography
Thanks for the trip in a beautiful area. Beautiful images of the trees. Thanks for sharing.
Oooh, I love live oaks. I remember seeing them on a couple of plantation restorations in Louisiana--beautiful, aren;t they.
And I love walking on boardwalks, too, above the marshes. Yes, it's a very quiet space. Thanks for sharing.
I find the history palpable in most cultural sites I've visited. So glad many of these places have been protected.
Check out this link about the idea: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2011/05/reader-participation-day-has-national-park-service-been-led-astray-congress-and-become-catchall-agen8094?nocache=1#comment-30691
I love the phots picturing myself walking through theose woods would be so tranquil and uplifting love nature love this blog.
Amazing trees. I would not want to hear the stories they might tell of battles . . . if they are old enough that is. Beautiful place!
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