NH, USA
Fort Constitution Historic Site (Fort William and Mary)
Battlefield
Site of Fort William and Mary, where John Sullivan led the December 14, 1774 raid — the first organized seizure of British military property by American colonists, four months before Lexington and Concord. Renamed Fort Constitution after the Revolution. The site overlooks Portsmouth Harbor from New Castle Island.
Visiting Today
Address
Fort Constitution Rd, New Castle, NH 03854
Connected Events
Dec 1774
Paul Revere Rides to Portsmouth
John Langdon, General John Sullivan, Paul Revere, Woodbury Langdon
Dec 1774
First Raid on Fort William and Mary
General John Sullivan
Dec 1774
Second Raid on Fort William and Mary
Governor John Wentworth
Aug 1775
Governor Wentworth Abandons Portsmouth
Governor John Wentworth
May 1777
Continental Sloop Ranger Launched
John Paul Jones, John Langdon, Woodbury Langdon
Feb 1778
First Foreign Salute to the American Flag
John Paul Jones
Apr 1778
Ranger Raids Whitehaven, England
John Paul Jones
Apr 1778
Ranger Captures HMS Drake
John Paul Jones
Nov 1789
President Washington Visits Portsmouth
John Langdon, Woodbury Langdon