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Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, started as a defense for Jamestown in 1609 under the name Fort Algernourne. Later, the fort became a strategic post for the Union during the Civil War. During that war, Fort Monroe became refuge to as many as 10,000 escaped slaves seeking protection in the Union-controlled site. Today, Monroe is home to the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, but is scheduled to close in 2011 as part of the military's Base Realignment and Closure plan. Since that announcement was made two years ago, there has been debate about whether it should be handed over for private development or turned into a national park. Show more »
Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, started as a defense for Jamestown in 1609 under the name Fort Algernourne. Later, the fort became a strategic post for the Union during the Civil War. During that war, Fort Monroe became refuge to as many as 10,000 escaped slaves seeking protection in the Union-controlled site. Today, Monroe is home to the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, but is scheduled to close in 2011 as part of the military's Base Realignment and Closure plan. Since that announcement was made two years ago, there has been debate about whether it should be handed over for private development or turned into a national park. Show more »
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Hampton to raze vacant state school buildings
HAMPTON — The 75-acre site of the former Virginia School for the Blind, Deaf and Multi-disabled sat devoid of activity last week, save for a man in a security uniform watching over the front gate. The city's plans for the Shell Road campus are...Tags: Interior Policy, Property, Politics, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Housing and Urban Planning
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Officials react to Fort Monroe transfer
HAMPTON — The state's acceptance of close to 313 acres of Fort Monroe from the Army last week drew a flurry of accolades from local, state and federal officials. Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a series of documents on Tuesday, June 4 transferring the...Tags: Rentals, Politics, G. Glenn Oder, Bob McDonnell, Travel
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Editorials: Flag Day, solar-powered wheelchairs
She's grand, all right Today, June 14, is Flag Day, which isn't so much a holiday as it is an observance. We don't close banks or municipal offices for Flag Day, and if kids are out of school it's only because the school year has ended. But in honor of...Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Science and Technology, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Washington Post, Cerebral Palsy
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Hampton officials: What's down the road for Fort Monroe?
HAMPTON — Could an airplane land on Walker Airfield, or a shuttered artillery battery one day be used as a bath house? Why isn't the second pier along the sea wall open to the public? The short response: The city of Hampton, Fort Monroe...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, G. Glenn Oder, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), National Parks, YMCA
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Poquoson youth, retiring teacher, lazy voters: This week's 'Roses and thorns'
Each week the Daily Press Editorial Board offers a list of those persons or institutions deserving of "roses" and those deserving of "thorns." This week's roses go to the following: •Connor Boyd, 11, of Poquoson, who averted a crash by immediately...Tags: Politics, The Washington Post, York County (Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Buckroe
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Hampton council changes rules on gifts
HAMPTON — The City Council will have more power over the handling of large gifts directed to the city, under the terms of an ordinance the body approved Wednesday evening. The City Council will now need to approve any gifts the city receives valued...Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Laws, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Lawyers, Justice System
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Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Memorial Day, Military Equipment, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Hampton City Council tours Fort Monroe
HAMPTON — The Hampton City Council is scheduled to hold a series of meetings Wednesday that begin with an early morning tour of Fort Monroe and will likely end after dusk in City Hall. The group is expected to discuss a wide range of topics...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Virginia Air and Space Center
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Remembering the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads
Go back 200 years this month and you would have found Hampton Roads in turmoil. The world's best and biggest navy, which had arrived in February to blockade the Chesapeake Bay, was looking for new targets after the return of a squadron that had...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Havre de Grace, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Gloucester Point
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Mystery pipe washes up at Fort Wool
Hampton History Museum curator J. Michael Cobb has seen a lot of unusual objects wash up at historic Fort Wool during nearly three decades as the chief caretaker of the tiny island. But when he was handed a small pipe found by a visitor on the jetty...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Washington, DC, White House, College of William and Mary, Historic Jamestowne
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June 8 Letters: Fort Monroe beach, Virginia GOP, Smithfield sale
Policing the beach Upon trying to visit Dog Beach on Fort Monroe Sunday June 2, my vehicle and I were stopped at the entrance by a city employee in a police-like uniform who turned me back, announcing that the beach was closed because (she said)...Tags: Mark D. Obenshain, Ken Cuccinelli, Smithfield Foods, Politics, Rob Wittman
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Attorney General clarifies opinion regarding Hampton police sting
HAMPTON — The Virginia Attorney General's Office said a recent advisory opinion about Hampton's cigarette sting did not weigh in on whether expenditures during the undercover operation should have followed government spending rules. A Daily...
Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Tobacco Products, Services and Shopping, Politics, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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