Sen. Tommy Tuberville invented a new shape on Wednesday while describing what he says should be done to the budget of the Department of Defense. The post Sen. Tuberville Invents a New Shape To ...

Thirty, 40,000 in the Pentagon and 100,000 people across the street in Arlington that are making tons of money. We have to cut back and do it for the warfighter.

Instead, they favored the pentagon design Bernard was accustomed to from Europe. Lt. Col. Joseph Totten arrived to supervise the work in 1825.

Why is Fort Adams pentagon-shaped? Given the location of Brenton's Point at the mouth of the Bay, it was a natural spot for a fort. In fact, one had already been built there.