Big Picture: Historic Fort Monroe

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569617 / Local Identifier 111-TV-348 Big Picture: Historic Fort Monroe DVD Copied by Katie Filbert. Historic Fort Monroe and Continental Army Command activities shown on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- The Army's half-hour filmed TV documentary THE BIG PICTURE covers activities at historic Fort Monroe, Virginia, Headquarters, Continental Army Command. Here is an Army post which almost breathes tradition and in recent years has become an attraction for tourists from all over the country. MSgt. Stuart Queen, the series' host-narrator, takes his audience into the old walled fort, the only one of its kind in this country surrounded by a moat. It was in one of the small rooms of the fort that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned, today known as the "Casemate Museum." A standout job in photography has been accomplished in filming the interior of the lovely Chapel of the Centurion which serves as a post chapel. Hanging from the walls of the chancel and nave are the flags and colors of old regiments of the United States Army. The stained glass windows of the Chapel are dedicated to the military men who have served at Fort Mo