Fort Frederik's Restoration Could Be A Community Game-changer

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Fort Frederik's Restoration Could Be A Community Game-changer

As a $6.2 million restoration of Fort Frederik commences on St. Croix's west end, friends and residents of the seven-block historic district are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer those questions and capture key opportunities from the project – especially, they say, a more accurate, more cohesive telling of Virgin Islands history.

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