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Newspaper print issues end, ‘eCasemate’ continues
This Casemate issue ends almost a half century of Fort Monroe’s “hometown” news. A “Farewell to Fort Monroe” commemorative edition will be published July 1 and contain the history of the post.
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posted: June 06
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The Chapel of the Centurion was decommissioned by the Army during a ceremony May 22. This ceremony aided the transition process from being a fully-functioning Army chapel to civilian control. However, Army-led services and religious services will continue until Aug. 28.
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- Street names on Fort Monroe reveal post’s past
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Take a minute out of your busy day to consider the matter of street names. Without them, giving someone directions could be a fairly complicated process. “Oh, turn left at the big oak, then right after the white picket fence and I live on that little twisty road that goes over the hill.”
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- New ‘home’ for TRADOC honors past, looks to future
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Gen. Robert W. Cone, commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and McKinley L. Price, mayor of Newport News, provided remarks at the TRADOC Headquarters ribbon cutting and memorialization ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis May 24.
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- Changing of the guard less than four months away for ‘Freedom’s Fortress’
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Change will happen – it’s inevitable. Fort Monroe’s mission to provide base operations support for major tenants is ending, and the Army will conclude its active status and vacate the installation on Sept. 15.
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- A glimpse of the past ...
- Posted: June 06, 2011
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During the years before the turn of the century, Fort Monroe was a quiet little Army post, fully recovered from the stress of the Civil War, which was safely 20 or 30 years in the past.
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- Once upon a fort . . .Time sweetens memories of the way we were
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Everyone has special times and places they remember at Fort Monroe. The Casemate newspaper offered to publish memories and photos. Thanks to everyone who responded.
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- First post band performs ‘musical salute’ to war hero
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In 1824, the first band was organized at Fort Monroe to present a musical salute to the hero of the American Revolution, French Marquis de LaFayette. Since that time, many bands have been stationed here, and the doctrine as to their use has changed also.
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- TRADOC Band’s history traced to Artillery Corps, Ground Forces Band
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The history of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Band is a unique mixture of two organizations, with roots that can be traced to both the Artillery Corps, and the tradition of training and preparing Soldiers to fight, survive and win.
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