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Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Founded during the American Civil War as Fort Cass and Fort Whipple, the post merged in 2005 with the neighboring Marine Corps installation, Henderson Hall, and is today named Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall.
Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall is a joint base of the United States Armed Forces, located across multiple sites in the National Capital Region. It is jointly made up of is made up of Fort Myer (in Arlington ), Fort McNair (in Washington, D.C. ), and Henderson Hall (in Arlington]]. It is the local residue of the Base Realignment and Closure ...
November 28, 1972 [3] Designated VLR. June 19, 1973 [1] Quarters 1 at Fort Myer is a historic house on the grounds of Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Built in 1899, it has been the residence of Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army since 1910, notably including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. [4]
Buckingham Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base, approximately 10 miles east of Fort Myers, Florida. It was active during World War II as an Army Air Forces Training Command airfield. It was closed on 30 September 1945, prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force as an independent service two years later ...
Area code 239 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a part of Southwestern Florida. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes Lee and Collier counties, small parts of Hendry and Charlotte counties and the Everglades National Park in Mainland Monroe County. The area code was activated for service on March 11, 2002 ...
21291 North River Road. 26°42′58″N 81°36′36″W. / 26.716111°N 81.61°W / 26.716111; -81.61 ( Alva Consolidated Schools) Alva. Part of the Lee County MPS. 3. Boca Grande Community Center. Boca Grande Community Center. More images.
Col. C. J. Munnerlyn. Strength. 300. 250. Casualties and losses. 1 dead, 3 wounded. 1 wounded. The Battle of Fort Myers was fought on February 20, 1865, in Lee County, Florida during the last months of the American Civil War. This small engagement is known as the "southernmost land battle of the Civil War."
Lorton is located in southern Fairfax County at 38°42′18″N 77°14′1″W (38.704915, −77.233573). [6] It is bordered to the west by Laurel Hill, to the north by Newington, to the east by Fort Belvoir, to the southeast by Mason Neck, and to the southwest by Woodbridge in Prince William County .