Monday, May 31, 2010

Remember



Fort Ontario Post Cemetery Along the lakeshore east of the fortification is the Post Cemetery. The cemetery contains graves of generations of soldiers and civilians who served or lived at Fort Ontario from the French and Indian War to World War II. Originally, the cemetery was located about 300 meters to the south, but was moved by the US Army in 1903 to its present location over the old, filled-in quarry. Stone from the quarry was used to build the outer walls of the fort from 1863 to 1872. A blacksmith's shop, a stonecutter’s workshop and a tool shed were once located around the quarry.

This is a photo that was taken this weekend and then converted through an 8-layer process to the colorized sketch you see.