Difference between revisions of "Fort Springfield"
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|name = Fort Springfield | |name = Fort Springfield | ||
|image = [[File:Fort_springfield.jpg|250px]] | |image = [[File:Fort_springfield.jpg|250px]] | ||
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|Town = [[Springfield]] | |Town = [[Springfield]] | ||
|use = Military compound | |use = Military compound | ||
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| + | |first appearance = "[[Homer at the Bat]]" | ||
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| − | '''Fort Springfield''' is the main military compound in [[Springfield]]. [[Principal Skinner]] | + | '''Fort Springfield''' is the main military compound in [[Springfield]]. When [[Principal Skinner]] was a sergeant for the US Army, he worked for Fort Springfield.<ref>"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"</ref> Part of the fort has been preserved as a historical site, which [[Springfield Elementary School]] went on a field trip to.<ref>"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref> |
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| + | == History == | ||
| + | [[File:Fort_springfield_closed.png|thumb|200px|Fort Springfield, after the government shut it down]] | ||
| + | The government once closed Fort Springfield, which devastated the city's liquor and prostitution industries. This, in turn, lead the entire city into an economic slump, with record unemployment rates. It was because of this, that the city decided to legalize gambling, to help recover from the slump.<ref>"[[$pringfield]]"</ref> | ||
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
| − | *{{Ep|Homer at the Bat| | + | *{{Ep|Homer at the Bat|Softball team seen}} |
*{{Ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}} | *{{Ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}} | ||
*{{Ep|$pringfield}} | *{{Ep|$pringfield}} | ||
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*{{Ep|The PTA Disbands}} | *{{Ep|The PTA Disbands}} | ||
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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
Revision as of 18:47, October 7, 2010
Fort Springfield
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Fort Springfield is the main military compound in Springfield. When Principal Skinner was a sergeant for the US Army, he worked for Fort Springfield.[1] Part of the fort has been preserved as a historical site, which Springfield Elementary School went on a field trip to.[2]
History
The government once closed Fort Springfield, which devastated the city's liquor and prostitution industries. This, in turn, lead the entire city into an economic slump, with record unemployment rates. It was because of this, that the city decided to legalize gambling, to help recover from the slump.[3]
Appearances
Episode – "Homer at the Bat" Softball team seen- Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
- Episode – "$pringfield"
- Episode – "Homer Loves Flanders"
- Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
- Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
References
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