Military construction in the 1800's, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2015.

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U.S. soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company,

Gulbarga fort bahmani dynasty indo-persian building. A large brick building sitting in the middle of a field

A gate section built by the Works Progress Administration

Camp White at Table Rocks (23524072085)

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Sunset at the shore, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2015.

Shallows at low tide, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Sunset at Dungeness Dock, Cumberland Island National Seashore, 2015.

USS Ward (DD 139, later APD-16) construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, 1918 (27407620166)

Hermit crab on Horn Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2015.

Ward's Island buildings, N.Y. 1860

The Maryland Army National Guard completed its 2015

Common loon (Gavia immer), Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2015.

From 1825 to the eve of the civil war in 1981, military construction projects on Pensacola Bay involved hundreds of enslaved African-Americans. Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas are monuments to the skill and toil of slave masons, carpenters and laborers. These men not only learned valuable skills during construction but retained some of their wages as well, possibly providing a means for purchasing their freedom.

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