Fort Wayne

Built in the 1840s as a star-shaped fort to guard the river approach to Detroit against a British invasion from Canada that never came, Fort Wayne was the third bastion protecting the city and was named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who accepted the surrender of Detroit from the British in 1796. No hostile shots were ever fired from it, but it served as a mobilization center for Union troops during the Civil War, and regiments from Fort Wayne served in the Indian conflicts, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and World War I. Still an active post in the 1920s, it housed a Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression, became a wartime supply depot in World War II, and served as an induction center during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Deactivated by the federal government in 1967, it now operates as a military museum under the auspices of the Detroit Historical Commission.

Detroit, Michigan · United States