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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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Volunteers help out at Hampton National Cemetery
More than 150 volunteers arrived early Friday morning to place small American flags next to the nearly 27,800 grave markers at Hampton National Cemetery. Because of the large response, work was completed within the first hour volunteers were asked to...Tags: Hampton University, Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Armed Forces, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Memorial Day
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U.S. Army TRADOC Band's live series at Fort Eustis begins June 6
Federal budget bickering didn't defeat Music Under the Stars. The 81st season of the U.S. Army's free concert series begins June 6 and will continue most Thursday evenings through Aug. 29. Music Under the Stars at Magnolia Park is presented by the U.S....
Tags: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fort Eustis, U.S. Army, Concerts
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Lonestar reunion show headed to Fort Monroe, according to Whisper Concerts
For next Sunday's Daily Press, I compiled a list of outdoor music events coming this summer. As usual, the work of hammering together that kind of a piece clued me in on a few interesting events. One is Lonestar at Fort Monroe. According to the good...
Tags: Ticketmaster, Music, Concerts, Entertainment
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A close look at Hampton's contraband slave village
Among the very best views of the sprawling fugitive slave village that rose up in the ruins of Hampton during the Civil War is a December 1864 photograph taken by famed photographer Timothy O'Sullivan. Probably shot from the roof or cupola of the city's...
Tags: Hampton University, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Slavery
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Free Thursday concerts at Fort Monroe, Mariners' Museum begin in June
A popular summer concert series has seemingly escaped looming federal budget cuts. Fort Monroe's Music By the Bay series will begin June 13 and with a performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band Wind Ensemble. Concerts take place on Thursday evenings at...
Tags: U.S. Air Force, Museums, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Arts, Virginia Arts Festival
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Slapwater band avoids legal fight, renames itself Slapnation
Slapwater, the Peninsula's premier party band, has renamed itself in hopes of leaving behind a bitter fight over rights to its name. The group led by drummer George "Dody" Hunt III is now called Slapnation, according to its website. "We’re sure...
Tags: Slapwater (music group), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Buckroe, Father's Day
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Hungry for History?
This weekend, the Hampton History Museum presents its annual Hunt for Hampton History. This year’s theme is “The History and Significance of Fort Monroe.” As part of the two-day event, several writers who have chronicled Hampton’...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads
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Historic black church rises from the ashes of the Civil War
Like most blacks in the pre-Civil War South, the African-Americans of this old colonial town had few choices when it came to worship. Enslaved or free, illiterate or learned, they crowded shoulder to shoulder in the rear balconies of the white...
Tags: Hampton University, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Christianity
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First call of "Taps"
It’s just 24 notes sounded on a bugle — and it lasts only 50 to 60 seconds all told. Yet no piece of music is more widely known in America than the strains of “Taps” — or more deeply felt. When the plaintive call was...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Battles (music group), Charles City County, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Freedom planted under Hampton oak
Few of the thousands of fugitive slaves who lived in Hampton’s vast Civil War refugee camps were taken by surprise when — on Jan. 1, 1863 — they received word that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A hundred...
Tags: Hampton University, Wars and Interventions, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Separation of Church and State
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Families gather to celebrate Kite Day at Fort Monroe
People gathered at Continental Park on Fort Monroe Thursday afternoon to fly kites. Park Rangers were on hand to teach kite safety and inform guests of National Park Week and National Kite Month.
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Fort Monroe group meets behind closed doors
Wednesday was one of the shortest public meetings I've ever attended, and yet it felt like it went on for hours. Terrie Suit, the Fort Monroe Authority Board of Trustees Executive Committee chairwoman, gaveled in the meeting just after 1:30 p.m....Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Trials, G. Glenn Oder, Academic Progress, Litigation
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