GK

AMIDST LUSH GRENERY AT THE FORT

SITUATED ATOP THE GARDEN KEY.

THIS CAST-IRON STRUCTURE LEADS TO NO PORT

RUINED BY HURRICANE IN SEVENTY-THREE.

CIVIL WAR PRISON-CONCEALED DOCTOR MUDD

IRON PLATED TOWER SINCE ’26.

CONTROLLED SHIP COMMERCE AND WITHSTOOD THE FLOOD

THE ELEMENTS WOULD NOT PERMIT A FIX.

USED TO PREVENT SMUGGLING OFF OF THE SHORE

THE GULF OF MEXICO THREATENED NEVER.

THIS ISOLATED ISLAND OF THE WAR

SEVENTY MILES FROM LAND CHANGING EVER.

FORT JEFFERSON REMAINS A NATIONAL PARK

BUT THE HARBOR LIGHT WILL EVER BE DARK.