Historic Jamestown is the location of the first successful English Colony in the United States in what is now the state of Virginia. The town was first settled in 1607 and had a few growing pains. From famine and disease to relations with the natives quickly soured and led to the annexation of the Paspahegh tribe.
The 150 colonists arrived in [...]
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Historic Jamestown – 1977
Historic Jamestown is the location of the first successful English Colony in the United States in what is now the state of Virginia. The town was first settled in 1607 and had a few growing pains. From famine and disease to relations with the natives quickly soured and led to the annexation of the Paspahegh tribe.
The 150 colonists arrived in [...]
U.S. Naval Shipbuilding – 1977
No place is more critical to U.S. Naval Shipbuilding then the shipbuilding docks at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. Since this picture was taken in 1977, the company was purchased in 2011 and merged to become Huntington Ingalls Industries. The list of ships built here is impressive though. The entire “Great White Fl [...]
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello &...
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was the United State’s third President’s home from roughly 1768 to his death in 1826. In between that time he had a number of important positions in not only forming the American Republic, but in it’s governance. Being the man he was, Jefferson continued remodeling the house his entire lif [...]
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