Getting Started
Fort Monroe is a wonderful place to visit. If you are a history buff, nature lover or simply looking for a good meal, a day at Fort Monroe is unlike any other.
National Park Service
Fort Monroe has received several national designations to celebrate and protect this area’s important heritage.


Join us as we commemorate the 403rd anniversary of the 1619 landing of the first enslaved Africans in English North America at Old Point Comfort. Professor and Civil Rights Attorney Gloria Browne-Marshall will give the keynote address and Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra will perform! Also come and enjoy African drummers, dancers, spoken word, tours, craft, and food vendors and more. If you can’t make it to Fort Monroe, view the