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| Keywords: Historic James Fort plaque, Bridgetown.jpg Constitution River It reads James Fort Very close to this site was James Fort one of Bridgetown's forts built around 1670 In 1677 James Fort was equipped with 20 cannons In 1699 the Government decided to build a meeting place in this area for the Council and the General Assembly and the building was completed in 1701 In 1704 due to the dire need for prison space the building was transformed into a prison However it was not originally designed to be a jail and was rather insecure and it eventually fell into disrepair which meant that the prisoners escaped regularly In 1714 on one particular day every prisoner except one managed to escape In 1751 George Washington and his half brother Lawrence rented Bush Hill House from the Commander of James Fort Commander Groftan for seven weeks on Washington's only trip outside of the United States own CaribDigita 2010-10-06 Photos by User CaribDigita/Barbados Constitution River Plaques in Barbados History of Barbados Military of the United Kingdom 2010 in Barbados | ||||
