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Friends of Fort Knox
P.O. Box 456
Bucksport, ME
04416
(207) 469-6553
(207) 469-6906 FAX
fofk1@aol.com
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The Friends of Fort Knox are pleased to offer you an opportunity to promote your business to the thousands of visitors who come to Fort Knox each year by becoming a business partner. Visitor attendance to the Fort should explode in 2007, with the advent of the opening of the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory. Visitors to the 420’ foot high observatory (the only structure like it in the Western Hemisphere) will access the structure through Fort Knox.
The Friends have established a brochure area in the Visitor and Education Center for our guests to learn of local businesses that they can visit. Thousands of out of state travelers seek information about other activities, where to stay, dine or shop. We are happy to refer them to our business partners Friends’ unique special events continue to swell Fort attendance. Civil war reenactments, Medieval Tournament, cannon firings, blacksmith demonstrations, performing artists and our popular “Fright at the Fort” Halloween event, continue to attract a diverse cross section of visitors. By becoming Friends of Fort Knox business partner, you will have access to Fort Knox Visitor Center to place brochures, leaflets and/or menus. Friends’ business partners will be listed on the organization’s web site, fortknox.maineguide.com. The Friends of Fort Knox web site receives over 190,000 hits each month during peak periods.
During the past decade the Friends of Fort Knox have been engaged in the restoration of Maine’s most visited State Historic Site. Friends’ projects include the restoration of the Fort roof, transformation of the Torpedo Shed into the Visitor and Education Center, restoration of the Officers’ Quarters, replacement of the Battery A roof and repair of the Fort exterior lights. This season the Friends’ will restore for 24-pound flank howitzer cannons and carriages original to the Fort. Once restored, there will be more types of these cannons on display here than at any other site in the country. By becoming Friends of Fort Knox business partner you will be helping to the Friends continue to preserve the Fort and enhance its economic, educational and cultural value for the community, while simultaneously promoting your business! Please complete the attached Friends of Fort Knox business member application and help us enhance your business! CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE BUSINESS MEMBER APPLICATION