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Fort Nathan Hale is a 20-acre (81,000 m2) City Park located on the east shore of New Haven Harbor in New Haven, Connecticut. The Revolutionary War-era fort was named after Nathan Hale, Connecticut’s official hero. Since 1921, the site has been owned by the City of New Haven and maintained as a historical site. Educational programs are given throughout the year to students attending local schools. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

History
In early 1776, the colony of Connecticut commissioned the construction of a fort on a point of rock that stretched out into the harbor to protect the port of New Haven from the British. This was the location of an earlier unnamed fort from circa 1657, and on this site was erected Black Rock Fort. Unfortunately for the colonists, in 1779 in the Battle of New Haven, the British captured Black Rock Fort along with its nineteen defenders, but only after they had run out of ammunition. The British burned the barracks as they left. In 1807, the abandoned fort was reconstructed as Fort Nathan Hale, and it served to defend the port from the British once again during the War of 1812. In 1863, Fort Nathan Hale II was built alongside the original fort, out of concern that Southern raiders might strike the city during the Civil War, but the fort saw no battle action. This fort contained deep, earthen, bomb-proof bunkers.

Hauntings
Several people have reported sightings of ghostly soldiers and glowing green orbs in the bunkers of the fort. Some accounts attribute the soldier apparitions to a battle that took place at the fort, but the bunkers were constructed as part of Fort Nathan Hale II, which never saw battle.

Working as a Manager for Uhaul, when I do get spare time I sit with my ouija board, do as many paranormal investigations as I can, and research everything and anything paranormal. I am also very interested in railroads and model trains in general.

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