25/04/2023 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Washington (WA), Fort Totten
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
Some sections of Fort Totten Park in D.C. have been closed after two metal canisters were found on Tuesday. According to a statement, the United States Park Police has blocked off the site and the park is closed to the east of Fort Totten Drive, south of Gallatin Street, and north of Brookland Avenue NE/Farragut Street. The move was made out of “abundance of caution” and will continue until more research can be conducted. In a tweet on Tuesday, Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker noted the area is known to have old WWI explosive devices. He wrote that he’s working with NPS and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to address the issue. This is not the first time that military waste has been discovered in Fort Totten Park, which itself sits on the site of a former Civil War-era military fort. There have also been similarities in other parts of D.C. – including the 1993 discovery of unexploded shells from World War I in Spring Valley. That military waste can be attributed to a partnership between American University and the U.S. Army, which ran tests for chemical experiments and the aforementioned projectile firings. “Public safety is the NPS’s highest priority. The NPS is working to determine the next steps to evaluate the area. We will provide updates as more information is available,” said the National Park Service in the statement. The metal canisters were discovered by an NPS employee in a mound of soil along Farragut Street. As of Wednesday, the U.S. Army was able to safely remove the canisters. The canisters and their contents will now be analyzed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. The discovery of the two canisters comes nearly three years after the National Park Service found a separate canister dating back to World War I while working on the Fort Totten Trail nearby. That canister was thought to be an unexploded ordinance and was similarly removed immediately. It was then inspected by the Department of Defense, which found that the canister was empty, unfused, and unused. Though the source of the canister was not found, the DOD was able to safely dispose of it. No additional canisters were found by the NPS following an additional investigation around the area.
Photo-Source: dcist.com
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