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Fort Frederica National Monument is located off the coast of south Georgia on St. Simons Island. The park preserves the ruins of Fort Frederica and the town that surrounded it, Frederica. Both were founded by James Oglethorpe as a military base for the protection of Savannah, the largest town in the colony of Georgia when it was first established in 1733. By the early 1900s, the town had completely vanished, and all that remained of the fort was the crumbling walls of the powder magazine and part of the barracks. In 1936 the Fort Frederica National Monument was created, setting into motion the means to stabilize the ruins and excavate the town site.
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