Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center

According to its website the Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center “is designed to welcome and orient visitors to Fort Monroe and the local community as well as provide interpretive exhibits, research, and archival resources.”

The list below (taken from the website) is a list of some of the topics that can be explored during a visit:

• The Kecoughtan tribe – land and water, fishing and agriculture
• The 1612 map by Captain John Smith
• American Indians and the physical and cultural changes that took place with the arrival of Africans and Europeans
• Slavery and the 1619 arrival of Africans at Old Point Comfort
• Legislation that influenced daily life at Fort Monroe
• The role of the matriarch in African culture

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