observed that looking back from the cemetery towards the Fort was “a charming picture.” He enjoyed the murmuring brook and open field “covered with a motley rug of green and flowers and the setting sun with slanted rays that gilded the ocean, the Fort, the forest and us.” Amazingly, things haven’t really changed much since then.
The Author acknowledges and thanks Mark Galperin,
Mikhail Pashkov and Alex Liberovsky for their assistance.