From the Images of Old Hawaii website Fort Armstrong was built in 1907 to protect Honolulu Harbor. It was named for Brigadier General Samuel C Armstrong, the son of a ...
Read More Check Six – 1907: Fort Armstrong
1900’s
From the Images of Old Hawaii website The Artillery District of Honolulu was established in 1909 and consisted of Forts Ruger, DeRussy, Kamehameha and Armstrong. The District was renamed Headquarters Coast ...
Read More Check Six: Fort DeRussy
From the Images of Old Hawaii website In January 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt instructed Secretary of War William H. Taft to convene the National Coast Defense Board (Taft Board) “to ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Ruger
From the Images of Old Hawaii website From 1890 to 1905, the United States undertook a massive program to modernize its coastal defenses. Known as the Endicott era; the huge ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Kamehameha
From Peter Young’s Images of Old Hawaii website Hawaii Air National Guard retirees remember references to Fort Kamehameha, an area near the 154th Wing complex. The United States Army owned the ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Kamehameha
Many Hawai‘i National Guard retirees still refer to the Guard headquarters on Diamond Head Road as Fort Ruger. Many of the young Guard members do not know the history about the ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Ruger
