Fort Oranje
Do not miss the fully restored Fort Oranje. Built by the French in 1629, enlarged and named by the Zeelanders in 1636.
In the Fort Courtyard there a number of fascinating memorials:
Michiel Adriaanz de Ruyter - Dutch
Admiral on Statia May 11 - 17 1665, erected in 1907.
Copper plaque commemorating the salute to the American Man of War, "Andrew Doria" November 16, 1776. Presented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 12, 1939.
World War II Memorial erected on May 4, 1957
Bicentennial plaque donated by the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands