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[[Image:{{Infobox Military Structure|name=Fort Pickens|image=Pickens.png|thumb|right|270px|caption=Lithograph of Fort Pickens, c. 1860s|location=[[Santa Rosa Island]] at [[Pensacola Pass]]|type=|built=[[1829]]-[[1834]]|builder=|materials=|size=|used=1834-1947|demolished=|controlledby=United States (1834-1947)|armament=|garrison=|currentcommander=|commanders=|occupants=|battles=[[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]]|events=[[Civil War]]|status=Decommissioned|ownership=[[National Park Service]]|visitors=|mapcode=}}
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'''Fort Pickens''' is a pentagonal historic United States military fort on [[Santa Rosa Island]], at the entrance to [[Pensacola Bay]]. It is named after [[Wikipedia:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]] hero [[Andrew Pickens]]. The fort was completed in [[1834]] and remained in use in some form until [[1947]]. Fort Pickens is currently part of the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]], and as such, is administered by the [[Wikipedia:National Park Service|National Park Service]].
