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North Carolina Baptist Assembly
The North Carolina Baptist Assembly is a Christianity, Christian Retreat (spiritual), retreat owned and operated by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, the state's largest Christian denomination, denomination. The grounds of the retreat, located adjacent to Caswell Beach, North Carolina, Caswell Beach on the eastern end of Oak Island (North Carolina), Oak Island, is the former site of Fort Caswell Historic District, Fort Caswell, a military base that was occupied by various branches of the U.S. armed forces for most of the period between 1836 and 1945. Most people still refer to the Baptist Assembly as ''Fort Caswell''. Sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), the assembly is about 35 miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington and roughly 70 miles north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Located just across the ICW is the city of Southport, North Carolina, Southport (pop. 3,700) whose historic houses and buildings include For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fort Caswell Exterior
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ("strong") and ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large cyclopean stone walls fitted without mortar had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae. A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted as a border gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
