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Fort Ritchie (Md.)

LC control no.n 97122732
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Geographic headingFort Ritchie (Md.)
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Geographic subdivision usageMaryland--Fort Ritchie
Variant(s)United States. Fort Ritchie
United States. Army. Fort Ritchie
See alsoCamp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.)
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Found inNUCMC data from Fairfield Historical Society for Ruth Mills Bradley collection, 1940-1995 (name not given; Camp Ritchie, Md.)
Roberts, R.B. Encycl. hist. forts, 1988 (Fort Ritchie; purchased by State of Maryland in 1926 by state of Maryland for use as a training site for Md. National Guard; taken over by U.S. War Dept. 1942; deactivated in 1945; in 1951 Army reactivated the post and name changed to Fort Ritchie; currently used as hdqtrs. for 7th Signal Command; adjacent to town of Cascade in Catoctin Mts., just south of Pa. border)
Geographic area coden-us-md