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Kids can dress up in period costumes at Fort Frederica.
What:Fort Frederica National Monument
Where:6515 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, Ga. | 912-638-3639
When:9 am – 5 pm Monday – Friday (Execpt Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day)
Cost:$3 for adults, Free for children 15 and younger
Although the south is well known for Civil War history, St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia is also the site of a Colonial English settlement that pre-dates the American Revolution by forty years.
Fort Frederica guarded the coast from the Spanish who occupied nearby St. Augustine (at the Castillo de San Marco – another one of our favorite field trips). The fort is now a National Park Service site that is an exceptional place to bring history alive for children and adults. My kids had a great time and were eager to return. Here’s why.
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