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|   Newport News Point … Named in His Honor - Newport News VA
in Signs of History In 1606, the Virginia Company of London received a charter from King James I to settle Virginia. The company selected Captain Christopher Newport to command the expedition. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/22/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
 view galleryE2.3 km |  Congress-Cumberland--Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes - Newport News VA
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In this section of the James River directly in front of you lies the remains of the USS Cumberland. At this location and along the shore to your left were the Union batteries that protected Camp Butler. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/23/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view galleryE2.3 km |  Naval Battle Against the USS Congress and USS Cumberland - Newport News VA
in Battlefields The Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack), appearing like a “floating barn belching smoke,” and armed with 10 guns, steamed toward Newport News Point, commanded by Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan, CSA. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
 view galleryE2.3 km | Congress – Cumberland - Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In this section of the James River directly in front of you lies the remains of the USS Cumberland. At this location and along the shore to your left were the Union batteries that protected Camp Butler. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view galleryE2.3 km | Newport News 1607 - 1957 - Newport News VA in Signs of History This area was blessed with abundant springs famous to mariners for centuries after the great sea captain Christopher Newport visited here enroute to Jamestown in May 1607 in command of the first permanent English settlers of the New World. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
 view galleryE2.3 km | A Great Confederate Naval Victory - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On March 8, 1862, the day before her epic battle with the U.S.S. Monitor, the Confederate ironclad ram Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) engaged and sank in the James River two powerful Union sailing Ships of War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE2.4 km |  Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army
in Virginia Historical Markers The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port of embarkation in the Spanish American War and two World Wars. In World War 1, headquarters were set up at Newport News on July 11, 1917, and vast shipments of troops and materiel were processed. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 03/16/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
 view galleryE2.4 km |  Victory Arch - Newport News, VA
in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials This arch was erected as a memorial to the soldiers of the Virginia Peninsula who died serving their country. This stone arch replaced the original 1919 wood and plaster arch in 1962.
posted by: Hikenutty location: Virginia date approved: 07/16/2008 last visited: 02/10/2013 |
 view galleryE2.4 km |  Virginia Peninsula Memorial Flame - Newport News, VA
in Eternal Flames This natural gas fuelled eternal flame is located beneath a large freestanding arch - both are memorials to the military men and women of the Virginia Peninsula who have died in battle. posted by: Hikenutty location: Virginia date approved: 06/24/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryE2.4 km |  Victory Arch - Newport News, VA
in Freestanding Arches This arch was erected as a memorial to the soldiers of the Virginia Peninsula who died serving their country. This stone arch replaced the original 1919 wood and plaster arch in 1962. posted by: Hikenutty location: Virginia date approved: 07/16/2008 last visited: 02/10/2013 |
 view galleryE2.4 km | The Victory Arch in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1967 by Newport News Historical Committee. posted by:  turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/31/2013 last visited: never |
 view galleryE2.6 km | Warwick Hotel 1883-1961 in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1986 by Newport News Historical Committee. posted by: turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/31/2013 last visited: never |
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| Camp Hill in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1984 by Bethel Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. posted by: turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/31/2013 last visited: never |
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| Camp Alexander in Virginia Historical Markers Camp Alexander quartered Black stevedore regiments and labor battalions in WWI. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 06/01/2009 last visited: 02/23/2013 |
 view galleryE3.2 km | Gregory Cherry - Newport News VA in Signs of History Gregory Cherry was a man whose love for Newport News and the Southeast Community expressed itself in many ways. He served in the United States Army as an NCO Congressional Escort and in the prestigious Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/20/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
 view galleryE3.2 km | James A. Fields House in Virginia Historical Markers James A. Fields acquired this late-Victorian Italianate-style brick house in 1893. Fields, born into slavery in Hanover County, escaped in 1862 and became a contraband of war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 03/15/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
 view galleryE3.4 km | King Comes to Newport News-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Newport News VA, USA in Signs of History As part of Dr. King’s crusading efforts, he made appearances at historically black colleges throughout the country, including Hampton Institute, to spread his message. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/20/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
 view galleryE3.4 km | Memorial Design & Concept-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza - Newport News VA in Signs of History Groundbreaking for this memorial devoted to Dr. King took place September 10, 2010, as part of Southeast Community Day. The keynote speaker was his daughter and national president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. Bernice A. King. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/20/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
 view galleryE3.4 km | Newport News Pays Tribute-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Newport News VA in Signs of History The report of Dr. King’s death by an assassin’s bullet on April 4, 1968, left the nation and the world stunned. The shock was especially pronounced because the minister had advocated nonviolence throughout his civil rights career. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/20/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
 view galleryE3.5 km |  Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News VA
in Citizen Memorials Born here in Newport News 25 Apr. 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, known as Lady Ella or the First Lady of Song, was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 04/01/2023 last visited: 04/01/2023 |
 view galleryE3.5 km | Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) in Virginia Historical Markers Born here in Newport News 25 Apr. 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, known as Lady Ella or the First Lady of Song, was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 03/15/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
 view galleryE3.5 km |  Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Born here in Newport News 25 Apr. 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, known as Lady Ella or the First Lady of Song, was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 04/01/2023 last visited: 04/01/2023 |
 view galleryN3.5 km | Heading Out Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail - Newport News, VA in Signs of History Looking across the James here on June 2, 1608, you might have seen a strange sight. A large vessel sailed past with a smaller vessel in tow—neither resembling the canoes used by native people on this river. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 01/21/2020 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
 view galleryN3.9 km |  Virginia War Museum
in War and Military Museums Virginia War Museum posted by: wilsonjw location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.9 km |  Virginia's Merci Boxcar - Newport News, VA
in Gifts from Other Countries Virginia's Merci Boxcar posted by: wilsonjw location: Virginia date approved: 09/04/2017 last visited: never |
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