Editing Fort Hunt, Virginia (section)

==History==

The site of present-day Fort Hunt Park was used as an asset for the United States military beginning in the [[Spanish–American War]]. The fort had been completed on land that used to belong to the River Farm plantation of [[George Washington]]. The fort was used to complement [[Fort Washington Park|Fort Washington]] across the river in [[Maryland]], but it was not involved in an actual battle during the Spanish–American War.

During World War II, the fort was used as an interrogation center called [[P. O. Box 1142]] where captive German officers were kept and questioned. Fort Hunt is the site of the death of Lieutenant Commander [[Werner Henke]], the highest-ranking German officer to be shot while in American captivity during World War II.<ref>[[Fort Hunt Park]]</ref>

During the war and after, neighborhoods such as Waynewood and Snowden began arising in the area around the fort, and the commercial center for the community, Hollin Hall shopping center, was constructed on Fort Hunt Road.