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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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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell: 'The private sector is strengthened when the public sector is restrained'
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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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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: Academic Progress, Realty, Trials, Litigation, Litigation and Regulation
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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: Slavery, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton University
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Boston manhunt hits close to home
The news was rolling in from Massachusetts at a quick pace last week: about the bombing, the victims and their stories, and then the suspects. The world became a little smaller the moment those events spilled into Watertown, Mass. I had just visited...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Boston, Watertown
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Kite Day on Fort Monroe
Per a National Park Service news release: When: Thursday, April 25 Location: Continental Park, Fort Monroe on Fenwick Road Fee Information: No Fee Contact Name: Aaron Firth Contact Phone Number: (757)722-FORT (3678) Presented by: National Park Service,...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, National Parks, Gardens and Parks
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Mayor Ward to testify on Capital Hill on Tuesday
Per a city of Hampton news release: Hampton Mayor Molly Ward is scheduled testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday in support of the Antiquities Act, the law President Barack Obama used to designate parts of Fort Monroe as a National Monument. The House of...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Local Government, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, C.W. Bill Young
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Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum may close Mondays
March 28 proved to be a busy day for the Fort Monroe Authority staff and board of trustees. The Army unexpectedly transferred just shy of 313 acres of the property to the state, without first notifying the authority. Governor, here's a deed to most...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums
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Waiting on plans for Fort Monroe's Wherry Quarter
The Fort Monroe Authority’s short-term goals have been pretty apparent for the past eight months, even if they aren’t necessarily laid out in a formal master plan. Get people back into the historic homes. Then wrangle the biggest expenses...Tags: National Parks, G. Glenn Oder
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Neighbors finding friends on Fort Monroe
Marguerite Stankus thought she understood what she was getting when she signed a rental agreement on a home along Fenwick Road. The two-story home built with a Classic Revival style in 1910 has an stunning view of the Chesapeake Bay. There is just one...Tags: Rentals
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New Phoebus master plan to be unveiled
Master plans apparently do not get stale as quickly as you might think, at least that appears to be the case in Phoebus. Six years after being published, the neighborhood’s master plan is getting retooled by planners from Urban Design Associates...Tags: Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Buckroe
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