• Introduction
  • Fort Independence
    • A Tour of Fort Independence
    • Fort’s History
    • Present Day Structure — Fort #8
    • Join Our Flag Retirement Ceremony
    • Cannons & Mortars of Fort Independence
  • Fort’s Events and Groups
    • Castle Island Association
    • Castle Island State Park
    • Volunteering at Fort
    • Halloween
  • Webdesigner
  • Gallery
    • Archive’s Gallery
    • OLD Fort Winthrop
    • Inside the Fort
    • 1976 Renovations
    • USS Constitution
    • Gloucester, Ma 2025 cruise
    • Tallships
  • Fort Ticonderoga Knox Wagon Train

INTRODUCTION
This webpage will show the fantastic amenities offered at Fort Independence and Castle Island State Park, a 22-acre Park at the Entrance Boston Inner Harbor site.

A 1940s view of the Fort from harbor Channel

Bastion A view of Harbor Entrance

Above is an amazing video from Bastion A on the second tier of the Fort, taken on a Sunday afternoon in August. The video takes a tour from Deer Island, crossing the President Roads and moving South to Blue Hills. On the way through the video, you can see Boston Harbor Lighthouse, Nix Mate, Long Island, Spectacle Island, Thompson Island, and Blue Hills. In the foreground at the end of the video is a view of the 15-inch Rodman Gun. This spectacular view gives you a very good idea why, in 1631, they selected this site to protect the Neck of Boston

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Fort Independence Boston, Ma
  • Introduction
  • Fort Independence
    • A Tour of Fort Independence
    • Fort’s History
    • Present Day Structure — Fort #8
    • Join Our Flag Retirement Ceremony
    • Cannons & Mortars of Fort Independence
  • Fort’s Events and Groups
    • Castle Island Association
    • Castle Island State Park
    • Volunteering at Fort
    • Halloween
  • Webdesigner
  • Gallery
    • Archive’s Gallery
    • OLD Fort Winthrop
    • Inside the Fort
    • 1976 Renovations
    • USS Constitution
    • Gloucester, Ma 2025 cruise
    • Tallships
  • Fort Ticonderoga Knox Wagon Train

  • Boston Harbor

    A view looking north from the second tier of Fort.

  • Living Quarters

    living quarter

    A look at the living quarters

  • USS Constitution, USS Salem, and USS Cassidy

    USS Constitution, USS Salem, and USS Cassidy celebration in 1960?

  • Overview of fort

    1970 overview

    An overview of fort during 1970 renovations

  • Fort #1

    fort # 1

    A model of the First Fort built on the Island in 1634

  • Flag Day

    flag day cermoney

    A Flag Day ceremony to burn torn American flags.

  • Parade Grounds

    Parade grounds looking towards Bostom

    Parade grounds looking towards Boston

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