Hampton History Museum research sheds light on first Africans in Virginia
What do we actually know about the first Africans who came to Virginia 400 years ago? The Hampton History Museum's Beth Austin spent a good bit of time going back to original sources to put together a new report detailing everything available on 1619: Virginia's First Africans. Museum Director Luci Cochran says the new research will inform the museum's ongoing work this year and its exhibits. For more information, go to hamptonhistorymuseum.org/1619
Top 13. Best Tourist Attractions in Hampton - Virginia
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Top 13. Best Tourist Attractions in Hampton - Virginia: Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum, Virginia Air & Space Center, Fort Monroe National Monument, Buckroe Beach and Park, Hampton Coliseum, Air Power Park, Sandy Bottom Nature Park, Hampton History Museum, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton University Museum, CineBistro at Peninsula Town Center, Hampton City Hall
New Hampton History Museum exhibit features female pioneers
The Hampton History Museum's exhibit When the Computer Wore a Skirt features female pioneers recruited by NASA in the 1940s to work as human computers. These women played a major part in NASA's operations - they were running the program behind the scenes, curator Allen Hoilman says.
Hampton History Museum Exhibit Looks at Slavery Resistance
Hampton History Museum Exhibit Looks at Slavery Resistance
The Hauntings at Fort Monroe in Hampton Virginia
Okay here we go again! My husband and I went on another one of our haunting endeavors. Fort Monroe, a former army base is said to be one of the most haunted bases in Virginia. Now a National Park, Heather McCann, the Deputy Public Affairs Officer at Fort Monroe says that she does not come here at night as she led some tourist pass the Casemate Museum. The lamp posts illuminated the area as some colleagues investigated the area at 10:00 p.m. As they looked up in the window they notice the curtain parted when it shouldn't have been. One of the tourist on the tour guide said they felt as if someone or something touched them. Apparitions from the Civil War era are most often seen. Jefferson Davis was imprisoned there after being wrongly accused of plotting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Davis ghost is seen walking the ramparts day and night. Quarters Number 1 is reportedly visited by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Jane Polonsky, author and former resident has been collecting ghost stories about Fort Monroe since the 1960s. The story of the white lady is another haunting because she was having an affair on her husband with a young soldier. The husband came home early and found his wife and the soldier in bed together and he shot his wife. It is said that the wife roams the fort in her white nightdress looking for her lover. The Chamberlain hotel is near Fort Monroe and has been notorious for its hauntings of ghosts. Edgar Allan Poe has visited the hotel and has talked to one of the lady ghosts. This information came from The Hauntings of Fort Monroe Website, Article, The United States Army. We toured the Casemate Museum and we saw the Jefferson Davis Prison Cell. This is an interesting place to visit if your interested in history and ghost hauntings. AAGH (African American Ghost Hunters)
Native American bones uncovered in Hampton date back to 900 A.D., archaeologists say
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) -- After several months of research, archeologists have concluded that human remains found at a Hampton construction site this past spring date back more than 1,000 years.
Hampton commemorating 400th anniversary of the first Africans in English North America in 1619
In 1619, the first documented Africans arrived in English North America at Fort Monroe. Hampton is holding a ceremony to commemorate the 400th anniversary.
HISTORICAL PLACES OF VIRGINIA STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH
HISTORICAL PLACES OF VIRGINIA STATE,U S A
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1. GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL,ALEXANDRIA 38°48'27.38N 77° 3'58.07W
2. VIRGINIA AQUARIUM,VIRGINIA BEACH 36°49'15.49N 75°59'0.28W
3. GIGANTIC STAR,ROANOKE 37°15'2.94N 79°55'56.66W
4. CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART,NORFOLK 36°51'22.69N 76°17'34.68W
5. CATHEDRAL OF SACRED HEART,RICHMOND 37°32'50.86N 77°27'7.23W
6. LIGHT HOUSES,VIRGINIA BEACH 36°55'33.61N 76° 0'27.69W
7. NATURAL BRIDGE 37°37′32″N 79°32′43″W
8. BUSCH GARDENS,WILLIAMSBURG 37°14'4.33N 76°38'43.59W
9. LURAY CAVERNS,LURAY 38°39′51.5″N 78°29′1.7″W
10. FORT, NORFOLK 36°51′24″N 76°18′24″W
11. THE PENTAGON,ARLINGTON COUNTY 38°52'17.06N 77° 3'22.48W
12. VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM,NEWPORT NEWS 37° 4'11.74N 76°28'46.69W
13. GEORGE WASHINGTON GARDEN HOUSE,MOUNT VERNON 38°42'28.84N 77° 5'9.93W
14. NAUTICUS,NORFOLK 36°50'51.14N 76°17'43.45W
15. ROCKEFELLER'S ART MUSEUM,WILLIAMSBURG 37°16'7.88N 76°42'16.59W
16. MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL,ARLINGTON 38°53'25.53N 77° 4'10.99W
17. FORT WOOL,NORFOLK 36°59′12″N 76°18′04″W
18. VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL,RICHMOND 37°32'19.68N 77°26'0.24W
19. GREAT FALLS,MCLEAN 38°59'50.35N 77°15'10.70W
20. GOVERNOR'S PALACE,WILLIAMSBURG 37°16'26.72N 76°42'7.52W
21. FORT MONROE,HAMPTION 37° 0'12.25N 76°18'28.22W
Discover Hampton Virginia's African American Heritage Sites | The Vacation Channel
Hampton, Virginia is a city teeming with pride and rich culture. In 1619 at Fort Monroe, the first Africans arrived on the shores of English North America. Today, you can visit the site of this historic arrival as well and many other locales that celebrate the heritage and diversity of thought that African-Americans have brought to this nation over the past 400 years. These include the Hampton University Museum and HU's historic markers, the Tuskegee Airman exhibit at the Air and Space Center, the Hampton History Museum, Aberdeen Gardens, and more. Book your tour today!
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Historic Hampton Roads Seaside Hotels Circa 1901
The Norfolk, VA Historical Society presents The Seaside Calls: Visiting Old Point Comfort / Ft. Monroe, 1901 included lavish hotels with a focus on hygiene, ozone, bathing and opulence. The Chamberlin I (First hotel with electric lights) & II and the Hygeia I & II hotels sat upon prime real estate for tourists and pleasure seekers from all along the eastern seaboard and the world. Explore how they got there and what became of them as presented by Darcy Sink, Education and Volunteer Coordinator for the Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe in Hampton Virginia. Further information about these lavish destinations of yesteryear can be found here:
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Tucker family cemetery traces history to some of earliest Africans in Virginia
William Tucker, born in 1624, is believed to be the first African born and baptized in what became the original 13 Colonies. His descendants — including Vince Tucker and Carolita Jones Cope — care for the family cemetery in Hampton to honor his legacy and the resilience of so many Africans brought to this country. As part of the 1619 celebrations, there will be a reflection program Aug. 23 at 9:30 a.m.
Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Hospital
Some of the medical needs that our veterans face aren't from physical battle wounds. Dr. Priscilla Hankins, who heads up mental health care for the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Hospital, discusses ways the VA identifies and treats such conditions as PTSD.
1619: Making of America - 2013 NSU Conference
The Joseph Roberts Jenkins Center at Norfolk State University and the Hampton History Museum are hosting a conference focusing on 1619: The Making of America on September 26-27, 2013. This conference follows up on many of the issues raised in the 2012 conference and raises new questions of biology, literature, law, society, race and gender.
The conference will take place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center on Thursday, September 26, 2013 and at Norfolk State University's New Student Center on Friday, September 27th. Each day will feature different scholarly and community leaders speaking on a variety of issues that faced Native Americans, Europeans and Africans in Virginia and beyond.
Registration is now open, and information on accommodations in Norfolk have been posted.
When did we become Americans?
When did we become Americans? is the theme of a conference sponsored by the Hampton History Museum and Norfolk State University Sept. 26-27. The first Africans arrived in the British New World in 1619 -- but there were really no Americans yet -- we were either British, African or Native American. Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander and Dr. William Alexander discuss how those cultures combined.
1619 and the Making of America
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress convened a symposium that brought together respected scholars to explore the intricate encounters of Africans, Europeans and native people during this significant period in America's history. In 1619, a Dutch ship with about 20 Africans on board entered a port at the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. This event is known as the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America. Their historic arrival, however, marked the beginning of a trend in colonial America, in which the people of Africa were taken from their motherland and consigned to lifelong slavery.
From 1619 to 1650, during the life span of the first arriving Africans, racial discrimination emerged and chattel slavery would be codified into law. The symposium will ask questions related to the historical importance of these events in 1619. For example, who were the Africans who arrived in Virginia in 1619, where did they come from, what world did they bring with them? What emerged from Africans' engagement with indigenous Native American populations and their spiritual and cultural life ways, and what is the enduring legacy of this encounter today?
The event also featured a display of treasures and historical items from the Library of Congress' collections related to the early Americas. The symposium was held in collaboration with the Middle Passage Project of the College of William & Mary, the Virginia Commonwealth's 2019 Commemoration and Norfolk State University.
Speaker Biography: Joanne M. Braxton is 2015 David M. Larson Fellow in spirituality and health at the John W. Kluge Center and the director of the Middle Passage Project at the College of William & Mary.
Speaker Biography: Robert Trent Vinson is Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings professor at the College of William & Mary.
Speaker Biography: Cassandra Newby-Alexander is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies at Norfolk State University and co-chair of Virginia's 2019 Commemoration's First Africans to English North America committee.
Speaker Biography: Lynette Lewis Allston is chief and tribal council chair of the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, one of 11 officially recognized by the Commonwealth.
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Norfolk - Chrysler Museum of Art - Short HD Video Tour - Virginia USA
Norfolk - Chrysler Museum of Art - Short HD Video Tour - Virginia USA.
This is Short Video Tour of Norfolk Art Museum (Chrysler Museum of Art) and Perry Glass Studio. Enjoy...
Virginia House - A Garden of History
An orientation program for Virginia House, a property of the Virginia Historical Society in the Windsor Farms area of Richmond. Formerly the home of the Weddell family. An English monastery brought over brick by brick and rebuilt in Virginia.
Guardians Of Jamestown 1619 - American History - FULL PROGRAM
Guardians of Jamestown 1619 features a girl named Safiri, who meets a Time Guardian in Historic Jamestowne in Virginia and is tasked with finding 5 artifacts that represent the formative events of the year 1619 to preserve all history.
This was produced at WHRO Public Media in Norfolk, Virginia for the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration and education use.
This project was produced, directed, edited by Danny Epperson - Senior Broadcast Producer at WHRO with animation by Ken Nishimoto, also at WHRO.
1619 Formative events:
Arrival of women in Jamestown for colonization
Arrival of first Africans at Old Point Comfort (Hampton, VA)
Growth of tobacco industry (entrepreneurialism)
First English Thanksgiving (not in 1620!(=)
First Representative Government meeting (VA General Assembly)
Choose Hampton: Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
The Virginia Tech Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center located in downtown Hampton provides education, scientific and technical guidance, support and leadership to the commercial seafood and aquaculture industries throughout Virginia and the United States.
Research and extension programs at the Virginia Seafood AREC focus on seafood safety, seafood quality of wild caught and cultured animals and products, business and marketing support for the commercial and aquaculture industries, engineering, thermal processing, intensive saltwater recirculating aquaculture, and education/ outreach for industry and consumers.