Talk:Fort Washington (New York)

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[edit] How was the fort named?

One question that would be usefully answered in this article was how the fort came to be named. I assume it was named for george washington, but it seems premature to think they would name a fort after him while he was still fighting.

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)