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Fort Nonsense Historical Park, a joint project of Mathews County Historical Society, Inc., the County of Mathews and the Virginia Department of Transportation, celebrated its grand opening May 10, 2014. The creation of this gateway park to Mathews County took over ten years to accomplish. MCHS owned the property, applied for grants and when received transferred ownership to the county. The fort has been essentially untouched for over 150 years. It has been preserved rather than restored as a monument to the determination of the citizens of Mathews to protect the Confederacy from attack.