Fort Revere Park, Hull, MA

Fort Revere is located on Telegraph Hill in Hull Village. It was formerly known as Fort Independence before being renamed in honor of Paul Revere.... more

by Betty Denise

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Fort Revere Park, Hull, MA

Artist

Betty Denise

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Photograph - Giclee On Paper

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Fort Revere is located on Telegraph Hill in Hull Village. It was formerly known as Fort Independence before being renamed in honor of Paul Revere. This seaside keep was completed in 1777, and used to defend Boston Harbor for centuries. In fact, it only retired from military service in 1947.
When the Revolutionary War was raging across New England in 1778, over 200 French soldiers who were fighting for the American side were captured by the British. In exchange for the safe return of the French ally soldiers, the colonies agreed to release English prisoners. The newly freed French soldiers were sent to Fort Revere, but a happy ending was not to be. Most of the liberated soldiers died of smallpox at the fort and were buried on a grassy slope beneath the hill. Ever since this massive loss of life, rumors of eerie occurrences have plagued the fort. Later soldiers stationed at the fort began to comment on unexplained noises that seemed to come from beneath the fort structures, even where no basement level existed. Strange whispers have been reported in the tunnels below the fort, and some of the most frequently heard stories from modern visitors involve large shadows that loom in doorways or even rush along interior walls with no apparent source.

Of course, skeptics will be quick to point out the Fort Revere is full of long, stone tunnels and cavernous stone rooms. Sounds are bound to bounce around in these cave-like structures. With over half a century of abandonment, the likelihood that noisy animals have taken up residence in the fort is also pretty high. Nevertheless, modern visitors do have a harder time explaining the uncanny shadows that, at times, seem to follow individuals through the tunnels.

The fort also served in World War I and II. Additional quarters, medical facilities, armories and bunkhouses were built on the hill, and a slew of guns were installed at the fort. Soldiers at the fort sometimes reported hearing the sound of men speaking French in the area around the exterior of the structure, and some even claimed to have seen what they described as the glow and smell of tobacco pipes in unoccupied rooms.
Story: (http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/haunted-fort-revere-ma/)

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December 28th, 2017