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[[File:Fort-Lawton-aerial.jpg|thumb|right|600px|area of proposed new low-income & senior housing at former Fort Lawton site, Seattle]] '''Fort Lawton''' is former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army United States Army] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_base post] located in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia,_Seattle,_Washington Magnolia] neighborhood of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle Seattle], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state) Washington] overlooking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound Puget Sound]. In 1973 a large majority of the property, 534 acres of Fort Lawton, was given to the city of Seattle and dedicated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Park_(Seattle) Discovery Park]. A remaining 34-acre area, now vacant, is proposed for a City-developed low-income and senior housing project.
While Fort Lawton was a quiet outpost prior to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II], it became the second largest port of embarkation of soldiers and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiel materiel] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War Pacific Theater] during the war. The fort was included in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure,_2005 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list]. Fort Lawton officially closed on September 14, 2011.
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