{"id":496,"date":"2016-10-12T22:06:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T02:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecaribbeanist.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=496"},"modified":"2019-03-10T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:42:09","slug":"fort-george","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/grenadarevo.com\/glossary\/fort-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort George<span class=\"dashicons \" data-icon=\"\" style=\"color:#000;display:inline;vertical-align:baseline;\"><\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort George is Grenada&#8217;s oldest fort. \u00a0It was built in 1705 to protect the entrance to the harbor of St.Georges, the capital of Grenada.<\/p>\n<p>Originally named Fort Royal, its name was changed to Fort George and then during the Grenada Revolution it was renamed to Fort Rupert in honor of revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop&#8217;s slain father, Rupert Bishop. \u00a0Maurice Bishop would later be executed on the fort on October 19, 1983. \u00a0After 1983 the fort 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