Whom is Fort Warren on Georges Island named after?

View from the ramparts at Bastion C of Fort Warren on Georges Island

Fort Warren on Georges Island—now part of Boston Harbor Islands State Park—is named for Dr. Joseph Warren. Sources refer to him as a Revolutionary War hero. He was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

 

 

The main biographical data are:

1740 (or 1741?). Warren was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

1755-1759. He entered college as a fifteen-year-old and graduated with honors.  

1774. Warren was elected president of the Provincial Congress and chairman of the Committee of Public Safety.

1775. In April of this year, Warren sent Paul Revere and other riders to warn people of the British expedition against Concord. A few month later Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Former Parade Ground and Sally Port

References and further reading

[1] Fort Warren (Georges Island). National Park Planner. URL: https://npplan.com/parks-by-state/massachusetts-national-parks/boston-harbor-islands-national-recreation-area-park-at-a-glance/boston-harbor-islands-national-recreation-area-georges-island/boston-harbor-islands-national-recreation-area-fort-warren-georges-island/ (accessed Aug. 1, 2021).

[2] Fort Warren. Google Arts & Culture. URL: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/fort-warren/m074h0b?hl=en. (accessed Aug. 1, 2021).

[3] General Joseph Warren. Warren County Historical Society. URL: http://www.warrenhistory.org/People%20&%20Places%20Trunk/9General%20Joseph%20Warren.html (accessed Aug. 2, 2021).

[4] Joseph Warren. Massachusetts Genealogy Trails. URL: http://genealogytrails.com/mass/bio_jwarren.html (accessed Aug. 2, 2021).