Talk:Fort Reno Park

Splitting
I feel the article as written overemphasizes the military history of the park relative to subsequent periods and current use. The role of the Fort during the Battle of Fort Stevens is significant, so I propose splitting the content related to the actual fort into another article and adding detail.

Secondly, the "freetown" line is inaccurate and understates the size and duration of the community. I propose that that neighborhood be given its own detailed article and a corresponding section be added to this article.

I have also made a few corrections based on newer research.

--Stakhanov (talk) 02:20, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

A split article entitled Reno (Washington, D.C.) has been created (by me ;)) and is currently under review.

--Ayomiw (talk) 08:406 2021-05-17 (UTC)

Thank you. I have tagged it to accelerate approval. Also, FYI, if you write "--~" it will sign your name instead of mine :) There's a button in the visual editor. --Stakhanov (talk) 01:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Untitled
This article states that Fort Reno was "originally constructed in 1863 by the 119th Pennsylvania Regiment". This is a little confusing as clearly Fort Reno (as Fort Pennsylvania) was originally constructed in 1861 by the Pennsylvanian Regiments of McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves (I think). During it's history it was continually improved and extended. I assume that what is meant by this statement is that it became Fort Reno in 1863.John Tierney 02:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Fireworks Displays Visible from Park
I corrected the description of the park as a viewpoint for fireworks displays- I live near this park, and have been there during the fireworks displays. The display on the national mall is not as visible from this park as you might think- basically you'll see the top portions of some bursts through trees. A lot of people were clearly disappointed from the display that was visible- I wanted to edit this section because people did use Wikipedia to select this viewing location. However if you sit on the western slope, you can see several different displays occurring over these areas. 141.156.212.210 (talk) 13:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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