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The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century.
The first modern duel of ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads, took place not far off Newport News Point in 1862. [1] Recovered artifacts from the USS Monitor are displayed at the Mariners' Museum, one of the more notable museums of its type in the world. The museum's collection totals approximately 35,000 artifacts, of which ...
Heritage Girl Scout Council and Tidewater Girl Scout Council merged to become the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast. Camp Outback is a designated site on the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail, with an 8.5 acre nature area, and is located behind A Place for Girls, the council's headquarters and program center in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Bring mom to the Newport Car Museum, where she'll be able to get in for free on Sunday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday is part of a Hoods up Weekend, offering a chance to see what's ...
Newport News is about to look much more colorful in the next few weeks, as the city is partnering with the Contemporary Arts Network Foundation to create a city-wide mural project. Both regional ...
Woodside High School is a Fully Accredited High School, and it met the Adequate Yearly Progress marks for the No Child Left Behind Act established by the Federal Government. Woodside is also the home of Newport News Public School's Center for the Arts and Communications Magnet Program, which offers specializations in music, dance, drama ...
Free events to attend. The Village at the International Tennis Hall of Fame will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday. Guests will be able to walk the grounds and view ...
Peninsula Catholic High School was founded in 1903 as St. Vincent de Paul School for girls by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth with the help of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan, who donated significant funds and the original school building in downtown Newport News; it became co-educational in 1929 when the Xaverian Brothers closed their school for boys.