Fort Walla Walla is a United States Army fort located in Walla Walla, Washington. The first Fort Walla Walla was established July 1856, by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Steptoe, 9th Infantry Regiment.^[3] A second Fort Walla Walla was occupied September 23, 1856.^[4] The third military Fort Walla Walla was built adjoining Steptoeville, now Walla Walla, Washington, a community that had grown up around the second fort.^[4] The third and permanent Fort Walla Walla was established in 1858.^[4] An Executive Order on May 7, 1859 declared the fort a military reservation containing 640 acres and 640 acres each of hay and timber reserves.^[5] On September 28, 1910 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry lowered the flag closing the fort.^[6] In 1917, the fort briefly reopened to train men of the First Battalion Washington Field Artillery in support of action in World War I.^[7] In 1921, the fort and property were turned over to the Veterans Administration where 15 original buildings from the military era remain.^[8] Today, the complex contains a park,^[9] a museum, and the Jonathan M. Wainright Memorial VA Medical Center.^[10]

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