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Please be more specific--It needs additional references or sources for verification. Tagged since April 2010. Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 21:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
This article needs to be properly sourced. Also needs to be proof read, have the opinion statements taken out, and be formatted into a more readable way. Rhvanwinkle ( talk) 05:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC) Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 21:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 22:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC) Briancam 03:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
A: Fort Washington is located at 101 Waverly Street, between Reardon Street and Talbot Street (See #22 on CDD open space map). The fort was built in 1775 by order of General George Washington. Seen now as grassy embankments, the fort is the only surviving physical remnant of the Revolutionary War in Cambridge. Several small forts, including this three-gun battery, were built to prevent the movement of British troops up the Charles River.
http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/faq.html
Briancam41356 ( talk) 10:23, 30 December 2011 (UTC)Briancam 15:11, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
I have tagged File:PELHAM_MAP_1777.JPG, which is in use in this article for deletion because it does not have a copyright tag. If a copyright tag is not added within seven days the image will be deleted. -- Chris 08:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC) This deleted map is in the Library of Congress -- no copyright violation --[[User_talk:Briancam4135 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Briancam41356 ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I came to this article hoping to learn something about American Revolutionary War fortifications - I left it baffled, confused and disappointed.
For instance, in the 'Cannons' section, mention is made of guns at Stonington, Salisbury and Mount Defiance. I thought this article was about Fort Washington.
There's a touch of 'we-have-plenty-of-pictures, let's-put-them-in-an-'Image gallery'.' (I have just noticed this point has already been brought-up at the fifth bullet point in the second comment above); 'nuff said.
While we are on the subject of pictures, the first one caught my eye. The word 'surviving' appears twice in the lede. But this picture, even when clicked-on, merely shows a couple of guns between some earth mounds. What, (apart from the guns), has actually survived?
For this Limey at least, massive revision is needed.
This article could do with a re-write, from the ground up.
What do other editors think?
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Please be more specific--It needs additional references or sources for verification. Tagged since April 2010. Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 21:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
This article needs to be properly sourced. Also needs to be proof read, have the opinion statements taken out, and be formatted into a more readable way. Rhvanwinkle ( talk) 05:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC) Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 21:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Added more footnotes citations etc. to article Briancam41356 ( talk) 22:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC) Briancam 03:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
A: Fort Washington is located at 101 Waverly Street, between Reardon Street and Talbot Street (See #22 on CDD open space map). The fort was built in 1775 by order of General George Washington. Seen now as grassy embankments, the fort is the only surviving physical remnant of the Revolutionary War in Cambridge. Several small forts, including this three-gun battery, were built to prevent the movement of British troops up the Charles River.
http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/faq.html
Briancam41356 ( talk) 10:23, 30 December 2011 (UTC)Briancam 15:11, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
I have tagged File:PELHAM_MAP_1777.JPG, which is in use in this article for deletion because it does not have a copyright tag. If a copyright tag is not added within seven days the image will be deleted. -- Chris 08:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC) This deleted map is in the Library of Congress -- no copyright violation --[[User_talk:Briancam4135 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Briancam41356 ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I came to this article hoping to learn something about American Revolutionary War fortifications - I left it baffled, confused and disappointed.
For instance, in the 'Cannons' section, mention is made of guns at Stonington, Salisbury and Mount Defiance. I thought this article was about Fort Washington.
There's a touch of 'we-have-plenty-of-pictures, let's-put-them-in-an-'Image gallery'.' (I have just noticed this point has already been brought-up at the fifth bullet point in the second comment above); 'nuff said.
While we are on the subject of pictures, the first one caught my eye. The word 'surviving' appears twice in the lede. But this picture, even when clicked-on, merely shows a couple of guns between some earth mounds. What, (apart from the guns), has actually survived?
For this Limey at least, massive revision is needed.
This article could do with a re-write, from the ground up.
What do other editors think?