Fort San Juan

Fort San Juan may refer to:

  • Fort San Juan (Joara), established by Juan Pardo in 1567-8 as the earliest Spanish outpost in the interior of what is now North Carolina
  • Fort San Juan (Nicaragua)
  • Battle of Fort San Juan (1780), in which the fort in Nicaragua was contested
  • San Juan de Ulúa, a fortress complex on an island overlooking Veracruz, Mexico
  • Fortín San Juan de la Cruz (Fort Saint John of the Cross), or El Cañuelo, on Isla de Cabras, Puerto Rico
  • San Juan del Bayou, a previous name of Spanish Fort, New Orleans

Famous quotes containing the words fort, san and/or juan:

    “I never drink—wine.”
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    “We had won. Pimps got out of their polished cars and walked the streets of San Francisco only a little uneasy at the unusual exercise. Gamblers, ignoring their sensitive fingers, shook hands with shoeshine boys.... Beauticians spoke to the shipyard workers, who in turn spoke to the easy ladies.... I thought if war did not include killing, I’d like to see one every year. Something like a festival.”
    —Maya Angelou (b. 1928)

    “Is that the Craig Jurgesen that Teddy Roosevelt gave you?... And you used it at San Juan Hill defending liberty. Now you want to destroy it.”
    —Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)