Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve — Attraction in Port Royal

It is very difficult to find Fort Frederick, but it is worth the effort! Incredible history of the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

While exploring Beaufort by bicycle we could not find signage or any local person who know where Fort Frederick is. We finally asked at the Naval Hospital guard gate. The very helpful MP could only tell us that she could see the ruins of the Fort from the Navy side of fence when she made perimeter security checks. Working our way around the southern USN boundary fence on neighborhood roads we found this gem of a historic ruin. We watched the excellent video links posted on the information signs while sitting in the shade at the...

A peaceful out-of-the-way park for a picnic or just to hang out under the oaks. The Emancipation Oak can be seen from here on the Naval Hospital property next door.

“Fort Frederick's most important historical contribution was not as a colonial fort, but rather as the platform over which people walked toward their celebration of freedom a century later. It serves as a concrete monument and memorial to an incredible moment in...

The view of the river from the ruins of the old Fort Frederick is exceptional as are the foundations of the fort. As a lifelong resident of the southeast coast, I've seen the remains of many tabby structures, but this is the most substantial I've seen. Good interpretive signage and a covered...