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New page: thumb|right|Reconstruction of Fort George '''Fort George''' was a British fort at Pensacola, built in 1778 on Gage Hill. It was destroyed in 1781's [[...
[[Image:Fort George.jpg|thumb|right|Reconstruction of Fort George]]
'''Fort George''' was a British fort at Pensacola, built in [[1778]] on [[Gage Hill]]. It was destroyed in [[1781]]'s [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|Battle of Pensacola]], but a portion of the fort was reconstructed, and the site is maintained as a park by the [[City of Pensacola]].
The site was added to the [[Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places|National Register of Historic Places]] on [[July 8]], [[1974]].
==Battle of Pensacola==
On [[March 9]], [[1781]], [[Bernardo de Gálvez]] began an [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|amphibious siege]] of the British forces at Pensacola. The siege culminated on [[May 8]], when Spanish artillery fire caused the British powder magazine to explode. Spanish forces overran the remaining British contingent at Fort George and took Pensacola.
==Reconstruction==
In [[1981]], on the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Pensacola, a bust of Bernardo de Gálvez, a gift from the Spanish government, was dedicated at the Fort George site.
==Other images==
<gallery>
Image:GageHillAerial.jpg|The ruins of Fort George atop [[Gage Hill]] circa 1870s
</gallery>
[[Category:Forts]] [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places]]
'''Fort George''' was a British fort at Pensacola, built in [[1778]] on [[Gage Hill]]. It was destroyed in [[1781]]'s [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|Battle of Pensacola]], but a portion of the fort was reconstructed, and the site is maintained as a park by the [[City of Pensacola]].
The site was added to the [[Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places|National Register of Historic Places]] on [[July 8]], [[1974]].
==Battle of Pensacola==
On [[March 9]], [[1781]], [[Bernardo de Gálvez]] began an [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|amphibious siege]] of the British forces at Pensacola. The siege culminated on [[May 8]], when Spanish artillery fire caused the British powder magazine to explode. Spanish forces overran the remaining British contingent at Fort George and took Pensacola.
==Reconstruction==
In [[1981]], on the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Pensacola, a bust of Bernardo de Gálvez, a gift from the Spanish government, was dedicated at the Fort George site.
==Other images==
<gallery>
Image:GageHillAerial.jpg|The ruins of Fort George atop [[Gage Hill]] circa 1870s
</gallery>
[[Category:Forts]] [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places]]