Where's the FORT in Fort Walton Beach?

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Teens, Everyone, Adults

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In Where’s the Fort in Fort Walton, The Indian Temple Mound Museum’s Michael Weech will answer and discuss one of the most common questions the museum gets - “Where’s the fort in Fort Walton?” People have lived in this area for thousands of years. Did the prehistoric people build fortifications in addition to earth and shell mounds? Did the Spanish build a fort to tighten their hold on their colonial empire? Did the U.S. or Confederate armies build a fort to defend the Gulf Coast? The history of Fort Walton Beach is in its name and Mr. Weech will tell the story.