Fort Lesley J. McNair

Fort Lesley J. McNair (1791-Present) - First established in 1791 as Fort at Turkey Buzzard. Name chronology listed below. Active military installation.

Fort Lesley J. McNair Grant Hall	Fort Lesley J. McNair Officer's Club
Fort Lesley J. McNair, National War College, Roosevelt Hall

Fort Lesley J. McNair History

Walter Reed Building

Period Building

Model Arsenal Building

• 1791 Fort at Turkey Buzzard and later the U.S. Arsenal at Greenleaf's Point
• 1857 Washington Arsenal
• 1881 U.S. Barracks
• 1881 Washington Barracks
• 1927 Army War College
• 1935 Fort Humphreys - Named after MG Andrew A. Humphreys (Cullum 641)
• 1939 Army War College
• 1948 Fort Lesley J. McNair - Named after Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair (Cullum 4225)

Current Status

Fort McNair has served as the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington since 1966.

Fort McNair is currently home to the National Defense University, established in 1976, which is the parent organization of the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Information Resources Management College, all on post.

Fort McNair was also the home of Company A, 3rd U.S. Infantry, the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, who wear the colonial uniform during significant events up until 2012 when they were re-located to Fort Myer, Virginia where the 3rd U.S. Infantry is headquartered

The U.S. Army Center of Military History also is headquartered on the acres of Fort McNair.

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  Buried Cannon
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  British Howitzer
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  Lincoln Assassination Trial Marker
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  Grant Building Marker

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Location: Southwest Washington DC. Maps & Images Lat: 38.867513 Long: -77.016864 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 10 '

Sources:

• Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 136

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Lesley J. McNair
• Fort Lesley J. McNair
• Wikipedia - Fort Lesley J. McNair

Visited: 22 May 2013