Usuario:Elreysintrono/Taller/Taller 3
Fort Myer | ||
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Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos  | ||
| Distrito Hito Histórico Nacional | ||
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| Orville Wright volando en Fort Myer, el 9 de septiembre de 1908. | ||
| Ubicación | ||
| Ubicación | Condado de Arlington, Virginia | |
| Datos generales | ||
| Construido | 1887 | |
| Arquitecto | Ejercito de los Estados Unidos | |
| Nombramiento | 28 de noviembre de 1972[1] | |
| Agregado al NRHP | 28 de noviembre de 1972[2] | |
| Núm. de referencia | 72001380 | |
Fort Myer (en español: Fuerte Myer) fue una base militar usada por el Ejercito de los Estados Unidos, se encuentra cerca del Cementerio Nacional de Arlington y del río Potomac. Fue fundada durante la Guerra Civil estadounidense como Fort Whiple. En 2005, la base se fusionó con la instalación de la Infanteria de Marina de Estados Unidos Henderson Hall y se le nombró como Base Conjunta Myer–Henderson Hall.
Historia
editarFort Myer fue fundado como Fort Whipple después del fallecimiento del General de división honorario Amiel Weeks Whipple que murió en mayo de 1863 durante la Guerra Civil estadounidense. El campo de Whipple fue nombrado en su honor. Tenía un perímetro de 601 metros y contaba con lugares para 43 cañones[3] El 4 de febrero de 1881, la base se renombró para el General de Brigada Albert J. Myer, que estableció ahí la Escuela de Instrucción de Señales para Oficiales del Ejército y la Marina en 1869. Since then it has been a Signal Corps post, a showcase for the US Army's cavalry, and, since the 1940s, home to the US Army's elite ceremonial units—The US Army Band ("Pershing's Own") and the US Army's 3d Infantry Regiment ("The Old Guard").
The National Weather Service was originated there by General Albert J. Myer in 1870.[4]
Fort Myer was the site of the first flight of an aircraft at a military installation. Several exhibition flights by Orville Wright took place there in 1908 and 1909. On September 18, 1908 it became the location of the first aviation fatality, as Lt. Thomas Selfridge was killed when on a demonstration flight with Orville, at an altitude of about 100 pies (30,5 m), a propeller split, sending the aircraft out of control. Selfridge suffered a concussion in the crash and later died, the first person to die in powered fixed-wing aircraft. Orville was badly injured, suffering broken ribs and a leg.
Quarters One on Fort Myer, which was originally built as the garrison commander's quarters, has been the home of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army since 1908 when Major General J. Franklin Bell took up residence. It has been the home of every succeeding Chief of Staff, except for General John J. Pershing.
The first radio telecommunications NAA was at Fort Myer in 1913. The US Navy built "The Three Sisters" which were three radio towers that established the first communication across the sea to Paris, France in 1915.[5]
During World War I, Fort Myer was a staging area for a large number of engineering, artillery, and chemical companies and regiments. The area of Fort Myer now occupied by Andrew Rader Health Clinic and the Commissary were made into a trench-system training grounds where French officers taught the Americans about trench warfare.
General George S. Patton Jr., who was posted at Fort Myer four different times, started the charitable "Society Circus" after World War I.[6] He ultimately was Post Commander and commanded the 3rd Cavalry Regiment that was stationed at Fort Myer from the 1920s to 1942 when the regiment was sent to Georgia to get mechanized.[7]
In late 2001, troops, deployed in response to the September 11th attacks, were bivouacked at Fort Myer. These troops were under Operation Noble Eagle.[8] These included both active and National Guard Military Police units from around the nation. In 2005 the last remaining deployed responders were demobilized.[9]
As a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission initiative to create more efficiency of efforts, the Army’s Fort Myer and the Marines’ Henderson Hall became the first Joint Base in the Department of Defense. Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall (JBMHH) consists of military installations at Fort Myer, Virginia, Crystal City, The Pentagon, Fort McNair, the District of Columbia, and Henderson Hall – Headquarters Marine Corps, Virginia. These installations and departments serve over 150,000 active duty, DoD civilian, and retired military personnel in the region.[10]
Conmemorativo
editarThe fort was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972, for its well-preserved concentration of cavalry facilities and officers' quarters, and for its importance in military aviation history.[11] On September 1, 1970, the United States Postal Service issued its first day cover of a postcard celebrating the 100th anniversary of Weather Services at Fort Myer.
On June 13, 2011, the first book written about this US Army Post was published, Images of America: Fort Myer, which contains a newly found, first-time published note from Abraham Lincoln which established the connection with General Whipple.[12]
Referencias
editar- ↑ «Fort Myer Historic District». National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archivado desde el original el July 10, 2014. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2008.
- ↑ «Sistema de Información de Registro Nacional». Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Servicio Nacional de Parques. 23 de enero de 2007.
- ↑ Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (6 October 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Scarecrow Press. pp. 101-103. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1.
- ↑ Grice, Ed., Gary K. «THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: THE SIGNAL YEARS (1870 - 1891) AS VIEWED BY EARLY WEATHER PIONEERS; Chapter: Evolution to the Signal Service Years (1600-1891)». NOAA's National Weather Service Public Affairs Office. Consultado el 4 January 2014.
- ↑ «ARL-030». Virginia Historical Marker. Consultado el December 13, 2013.
- ↑ Michael, John (20 April 2011). «Society Circus on Fort Myer Virginia Between Wars». Ft. Myer, VA: historic-fortmyer.com. Consultado el 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Blumenson, Martin (1971). «The Many Faces of George S. Patton, Jr.». USAFA Harmon Memorial Lecture #14. Colorado Springs, Colorado: United States Air Force Academy. Archivado desde el original el 15 de noviembre de 2014.
- ↑ Operation Noble Eagle
- ↑ Campbell, Jeffrey. «Specialist». 144th Military Police Company. Department of Defense. Consultado el 2 June 2011.
- ↑ «Myer-Henderson Hall | The United States Army». Jbmhh.army.mil. Consultado el 11 de enero de 2014.
- ↑ «NHL nomination for Fort Myers Historic District». National Park Service. Consultado el 25 de enero de 2016.
- ↑ Michael, John (1 Jan 2010). «About Historic Fort Myer Virginia». Ft. Myer, VA: historic-fortmyer.com. Consultado el 5 June 2013.
Enlaces externos
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Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Elreysintrono/Taller/Taller 3.- Official website
- Images of America – Fort Myer by John Michael
- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Fort Myer, Quartermaster Workshops, Arlington Boulevard & Second Street, Arlington, Arlington County, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
- Fort Myer, Quartermaster Garage, Arlington Boulevard & Second Street, Arlington, Arlington County, VA at HABS, also [1], [2], [3]
