Photo of the Day: Protecting the Coast
To help protect the US coast from attacks by sea, Congress appointed a group of engineers and military strategists to design a system of forts to defend the coast. This series of coastal forts stretches along the east coast from Maine to Louisiana and provided the mainland a line of defense against enemy attack. One of these forts was Fort Screven located on Tybee Island providing protection for the city of Savannah. (Photo: March 14, 2014)