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Cover photo ©2000 Sandy Hershelman

The rusted military bunker door on our cover seemed an appropriate choice for this month’s theme of osteoporosis. Our bones are subject to decay, as was the strong metal door that once protected the munitions in this bunker. Fort Worden was established in 1902, on the shores of Admiralty Inlet, in Port Townsend Washington. Together with forts Casey and Flagler, the three fortresses formed the “Triangle of Death.” No enemy ship could pass into the Puget Sound unnoticed. Decommissioned in 1953, Fort Worden never “fired in anger.”