Fort Wayne was the third fort built in Detroit, Michigan. Built in 1844-1847, the fort is a star-pattern fort with walls of earthen ramparts covering vaulted brick tunnels containing artillery ports. Artillery was also placed atop the walls. There is a dry moat surrounding the fort. The fort is located on the Detroit River at a point where it is about a mile to the Canadian shore. It was built against a perceived British threat during the dispute over the Oregon Territory. Lieut. Montgomery C. Meigs oversaw construction of the fort. The fort was sited on 90 acres (360,000 m²) and contained barracks, officers quarters, hospital, shops, recreation building, commissary, guard house, garage, and stables. Building continued on the site until 1931. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the territorial city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Michigan Founded  -Incorporated  July 24, 1701  1816 County  Wayne County Mayor  Kwame... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Detroit River seen from Grosse Ile Township, Michigan The Detroit River is about 51 km (32 miles) long and 1 to 4 km (0. ... The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ... Montgomery C. Meigs attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. ...

The fort was used as a training base for Michigan volunteers during the Civil War. The U.S. Army did not formally occupy the fort until 1866. It was used as an induction center in World War I and became the largest vehicle depot in the world in World War II. It continued to be used as an induction center in the Korean War and early in the Vietnam War. A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ... WWI redirects here. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ...

Buildings and grounds were handed over piecemeal to the Detroit Historical Society between 1964 and 1971. As of 2004, 15 acres (61,000 m²) of the original base continue to be used as an Army Corps of Engineers' boatyard. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ...

The fort was used to provide housing to displaced families after the 1967 12th Street Riot. The 12th Street Riot in Detroit occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967, after vice squad officers executed a raid at an illegal after-hours drinking establishment (colloquially referred to as a blind pig) on the corner of 12th Street (today also known as Rosa Parks...

The fort is sometimes open for tourists depending on the financial health of the city. Also on the grounds are Great Lakes Indian Museum and the Tuskegee Airmen Museum. It hosts historic reenactments (usually Civil War), cross-border rugby matches, Boy Scout events and is open for some civic events like the 300th birthday of Detroit and sometimes the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival. The Tuskegee Airmen was the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction for the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. Prior to the Tuskegee Airmen all combat pilots had been white. ... Reenactors of the American Civil War Historical reenactment is an activity in which participants recreate some aspects of a historical event or period. ... After poor management and inclement weather caused great losses in 2003, this festival no longer exists in its usual form on the Windsor side of the border. ...

• Historic Fort Wayne (Detroit) official site
• Save Fort Wayne (Detroit), unofficial site
• Aerial color photo of Fort Wayne in Detroit and surroundings