The 1918 Fort Caswell Rifle Range is 105 years old today.
MAY 20TH 1918
Date on south wall
On January 21, 1918, the United States War Department proposed the construction of a rifle range adjacent to Fort Caswell, NC, for small arms training of soldiers “in view of the immediate necessity for instruction of men destined for over-seas duty” in World War I.
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Thank you to those who have joined us in saving this relic of the United States’ involvement in World War I!
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