Fort Monroe, VA

We left Fort Monroe, VA last month to come here for John's new assignment  in Colorado Springs, CO. For 3 1/2 years, we had a great time living in a historic fortress. Do you see the moat in the picture? We lived inside the moat. On the right, there is a great length of seawall . It's an awesome place, tucked in south of Hampton right before the tunnel to go down to Virginia Beach.

We were lucky to have lived in Lee's Quarters which was occupied by 1st LT Robert E. Lee from 1831-1834. To be precise, my upstairs neighbors Tim and Reba lived in General Lee's quarters on top, and we lived right below.

Right across from our quarters was a museum called Casemate Museum. The museum has Confederate President Jefferson Davis's prison cell. Another rather odd guest in the museum is Edgar Allen Poe. He did serve at Fort Monroe before he became a famous poet who wrote the famous poem called 'Annabell Lee.'

The historic Chapel of the Centurion at Fort Monroe is the oldest wooden structure still in use for religious services since 1825. The chapel is named after the Roman Centurion, Cornelious. Our family went to this chapel to worship on Sundays.

Every time I sat on the left side of the pews on Sundays, the stained glass window in the picture always caught my eyes. The window reads "He Died So the Kids Next Door Might Live" In Memory of First Lieutenant Robert L. Williams Jr. Born Feb 26, 1924 Died in Korea Aug 4 1950.