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A cradle of slavery on the York
When the director of the Middle Passage port markers project arrives in Yorktown to give a talk about slavery Friday night, she'll find herself in the perfect place. Though Old Point Comfort and Jamestown can lay claim to the first Africans in English...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Hampton Roads, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Social Issues, Slavery
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Early choices spawned slavery in Virginia
From the beginning, the first Africans who began arriving in Virginia in 1619 faced a harder life than the white indentured servants whose labors they shared. Singled out by religion and the color of their skin, they were seen very early on as...Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Social Issues, Slavery, Colonial Williamsburg
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Virginia residents pay for a day, return all year at Jamestown Settlement
Daily PressVirginia residents can visit Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center an unlimited number of times throughout the entire year for the cost of a single-day ticket. The museums’ American Heritage Annual Pass is available online to...Tags: Museums, Hampton Roads, Arts and Culture, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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Hampton archive: A Yuletide feast to remember
757-247-4783Engraved by Flemish artist Theodor de Bry from watercolors produced by Roanoke Island colonist John White, these images show Algonquin Indian settlements in North Carolina. Scholars believe Kecoughtan and other Powhatan villages would have been similar,...Tags: Oysters, Smithfield, Flu, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Revolutionary impact of the Revolution
Nearly 232 years after Washington's momentous victory over the British at Yorktown, it can be hard for modern-day Americans to gauge the immensity of the changes unleashed by the Revolution. The war itself was just one of many ways is which daily life...
Tags: Arts, Anglicanism, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Rentals, England
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Exhibit explores Powhatan's village
The first time Lynn Ripley reached down and coaxed a piece of broken pottery from the dirt at her newly purchased York River farm, she just trying to tidy up the grounds. But as the years passed, the Gloucester woman turned up so many arrowheads...
Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Archaeology, Human Interest, College of William and Mary
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Williamsburg woman charged with embezzlement at Yorktown Victory Center
YORK — A 43-year-old Williamsburg woman has been charged with multiple counts of embezzlement in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars from the Yorktown Victory Center gift shop where the woman worked as a manager. A York-Poquoson grand...Tags: Corporate Crime, Judges, York (York, Pennsylvania), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Juvenile Delinquency
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Arts, crafts and a multicultural parade
Washington ZooLights Spend the holidays with some furry creatures and scaly critters at ZooLights, which features animal sculptures composed of environmentally friendly lights. Animal houses will stay open during this seasonal event, and gingerbread...Tags: Music, New Year's Day, Festive Events, John Smith, Religious Festivals
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Hampton Roads' holiday fun snowballs as December draws near
Once upon a time, Williamsburg's Grand Illumination was the Peninsula's undisputed champion of holiday crowds, pyrotechnics and merry-making. Move over, colonials. Make room for Hollydazzle. The Newport News celebration, happening Nov. 30 at City...
Tags: Chestnuts, Arts, Music, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Thanksgiving
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Living Here: History museums and sites
Museums and sites can help you track the story of our region. From the earliest settlers to the space explorers, Hampton Roads museums tell a continuous story of the importance of our region. History museums 1. Air Power Park. Vintage military jets,...Tags: Nathaniel Bacon, William Byrd, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Yorktown Battlefield, Government
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Rebirth of a schooner: The troubled Virginia set to take center stage at OpSail 2012
There was a time when it looked as if the schooner Virginia was cursed. Severe money problems, a muddled mission, political bickering and cracked masts — all of that and more plagued the wooden sailing vessel, a reproduction of a 1917 pilot...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Auction Service, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Shipbuilding, Hampton Roads
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