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The Highly
Recommended* Online Resource for Historians, Educators, Students
and Visitors
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Check out our NEW Fort Montgomery Ruins Video Tours! Two different versions, click here. |
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John R. Weaver II America's Historic Lakes Contribution:
Fort Montgomery: Through the Years...
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John
Weaver, of Kokomo, Indiana, is the author of A Legacy in Brick and
Stone: American Coastal Forts of the Third System, 1816 – 1867. A
lifelong student of fortifications, John has spent the past
twenty-six years studying the masonry fortifications of the Third
System. He has presented numerous papers on forts and fortification,
and has lectured on the subject throughout the country. An avid
photographer, John has over 5,000 photographs of Third System forts,
and an extensive personal collection of engineering drawings
documenting the system. John has assisted several historic sites in
the development of displays for the forts and their associated
museums, has assisted in the training of historic-site personnel
throughout the United States, and has peer-reviewed papers and books
for publication. He is a former chair of the Board of Directors of
the Coast Defense Study Group and a member of the Council on
America’s Military Past. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree
from Adrian College. 
