CDSGThe Newsletter The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. — May 2015 Chairman’s Message CDSG Meeting and Tour Calendar Norm Scarpulla Please advise Terry McGovern of any additions or changes at
[email protected] Our 2015 conference, April 29 to May 3, covered the defenses of the Delaware River. We saw First-System Fort Mifflin at Phila- CDSG Special Tour delphia, little changed from its 1790’s configuration, and later February 27 - March 7, 2016 fortifications including Third-System Fort Delaware, and World Panama Canal Zone War 2 Fort Miles at the ocean. The site owners, including New Terry McGovern,
[email protected] Jersey and Delaware state park managers, were gracious hosts, ar- ranging lunches and allowing us to see everything. 2016 CDSG Annual Conference October 2016 HD Portsmouth NH Craig Lentz,
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[email protected] During the conference we held the annual meeting on May 2 in 2018 CDSG Conference Battery 519. The former Fort Miles battery has been cleaned and April 2018 restored by the Fort Miles Historical Association. Our finances Proposed Columbia River, OR/WA continue to be strong. However, each year we tend to lose as many members as we gain. We have published the third edition of Other Meetings and Tours American Seacoast Defenses, our reference book on the subject. It is available both electronically and on paper, and we are printing June 13, 2015 on demand, so that we do not hold an inventory.