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The United States Coast Guard is now under the Department of Homeland Security. The Station was decommissioned in 1969 by the Coast Guard. The building was empty for ten years and scheduled for demolition, until Virginia Beach locals gained public support and formed the Virginia Beach Maritime Museum in 1979.
c. 1807: The Battle of Hingakaka (sometimes called Hiringakaka) was fought between two Māori armies, an allied southern North Island army and a Tainui alliance army, near Ōhaupō in the Waikato, and was reputedly "the largest battle ever fought on New Zealand soil" [8] – so many chiefs died that it is known as Hingakaka (the fall of parrots).
Mariners' Museum and Park, the official National Maritime Museum Y Virginia: Norfolk: Hampton Roads Naval Museum: Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine: Y Virginia: Portsmouth: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum: Y Virginia: Quantico: National Museum of the Marine Corps: Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine: Virginia: Reedville ...
World War II Home Front Museum [70] U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: US Coast Guard Station—St. Simons Island: NRHP 98000297: April 1, 1998 Also: Coast Guard/East Beach Park: Stuart Florida House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar: NRHP 74000651: May 3, 1974 Sullivan's Island ...
Also of historical interest, the new Cape Henry Lighthouse was completed in 1881 and is still maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as an active coastal beacon. The passenger station built in 1902 and served by the original Norfolk Southern Railway was restored late in the 20th century and is used as an educational facility by the Army.
The Old Cape Henry Light, completed in 1792, was the first federal construction project under the United States Constitution. The history of Virginia Beach, Virginia, goes back to the Native Americans who lived in the area for thousands of years before the English colonists landed at Cape Henry in April 1607 and established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown a few weeks later.
The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Another extant Coast Guard Station was located at Little Island, located south of Sandbridge, Virginia. The City of Virginia Beach owns it. However, the Little Island Coast Guard Station is not open to the public.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]