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Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The fort was originally built in 1775 without a name, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Just off the fort, in Buzzards Bay, was the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle off Fairhaven on 14 May 1775

On 5–6 September 1778, the fort was destroyed by the British when they raided the harbor. A force under Major Israel Fearing drove off the British, both at the fort and when they attempted an attack on the town the next day. The fort was then renamed Fort Fearing. In 1784 it was given the name "Fort Phoenix" after the mythical bird that rose from its own ashes.

there are 6 cannons in total, the four in the first shot and these two

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Here is a wider view of this section of the park, I love this spot in the park, and its a good spot for me to get my steps in as, I walk from the car park to this spot, then out on the hurricane barrier wall, then back the other way along the beaches

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And the same two smaller cannons later on in my visit now with blue skies

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And that’s all folks

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