From 1925 into the present, Fort Roberdeau’s reconstruction developed through recognition of the site, excavation, interrupted restoration, and eventual public opening. On July 4, 1925, the Colonel John Proctor Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a bronze marker near the lead mines along Kettle Road, and it remains there today. In 1939, the site was excavated to determine the fort’s exact location and boundaries. A first dedication and groundbreaking for restoration took place on July 7, 1940, and in 1940–1941 Mr. and Mrs. E. Arthur Caum deeded two acres where the fort stood to the Blair County commissioners while a concrete foundation for the stockade was placed to define the fort’s boundaries. Reconstruction then stopped because the United States entered World War II and because of shortages of funds and manpower. On May 29, 1974, Fort Roberdeau was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and on July 4, 1974, a second groundbreaking marked a renewed reconstruction effort, with one corner of the fort built for the ceremony. The officers' quarters became the first building constructed on January 15, 1975. On April 23, 1975, the Altoona Kiwanis Club sold its thirty-three-acre farm near Fort Roberdeau to Blair County, and on May 2, 1975, at the request of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Blair County commissioners agreed to clear the overgrown fort site with the goal of creating a historical tourist attraction in time for the 1976 Bicentennial. A program on July 7, 1975 launched the second reconstruction effort as the county’s Bicentennial project, and Blair County had already officially opened the Bicentennial year there with a Fourth of July celebration on July 4, 1975. Fort Roberdeau opened to the public on July 3, 1976, was dedicated on July 5, 1976, and its fortieth anniversary was observed on July 4, 2016. In 1939, the only visible remains above ground were the powder magazine walls and a large square of masonry probably belonging to the smelting plant. Photographs from the 1950s and 1975 also show attention to the lead smelter, early log construction on the officers' quarters, a one-hundred-thousand-dollar campaign to fund restoration, local officials and committee members promoting the work, preparation for Bicentennial ceremonies, and a thirteen-gun salute before more than four hundred visitors as Blair County began the Bicentennial observance at Fort Roberdeau.