History of Marblehead's Old Fort Sewall

8 Fort Sewall Lane,Marblehead MA 01945

19 June, 2022

Description

Hear about the recent renovations at the Marblehead fort and its evolution over nearly 400 years, on the anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. This historic fort experienced its most famous moment during that war in which over a thousand men and boys served from a town of a thousand families. (When the war ended three years later, more than half of them remained as POWs.) Hear some of their stories, and about other people in national roles at that time. Each tour is led by Judy Anderson of Marblehead Architecture Heritage & Tours.