Fort Detrick
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Fort Detrick is located in Frederick, Maryland. Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it hosted most elements
Sign at one of the installation's gates
Frederick City Hall Aerial
Ft Detrick Area B ECON310
2001 anthrax attacks
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The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax, occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters con
Fort Detrick
…was the site where the United States government "invented" HIV. USAMRIID had been the principal consultant to the FBI on scientific aspects of the 2001 Anthrax Attacks, which had infected 22 people and killed five. While assisting with the science from the beginning, it also soon became the focus of the FBI's investigation…
Laboratory technician holding an anthrax-laced letter sent to Senator Patrick Leahy
The Tom Brokaw (NBC) note
The second anthrax note
Envelope addressed to Senator Thomas Daschle, postmarked October 9, 2001