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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6W_leifr-eiriksson-historical_Newport-News-VA.html
Arriving in the year 1001, Liefr Eiriksson is believed to be the first European to set foot in North America.
This sculpture was presented to The Mariners' Museum by the Eiriksson Memorial Committee of the National League of Icelanders in Ameri…
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Captain Christopher Newport (1561 - 1617) was an English seaman and privateer who commanded the expedition reprehensible for the founding of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607. He was the Captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of the thr…
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Born as Oak Grove Baptist Church under the pastoral leadership of the Rev. John Corbin in 1882, First Baptist Church Morrison moved to this site in 1933 and for over seven decades served faithful members of this community and offered a sacred plac…
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This historic acreage, formerly an extensive tract of Warwick County timberland known in colonial days as Nutmeg Quarter, was developed by the Hiden family, 1951 - 1957. The name honors Philip Wallace Hiden (1872-1936), successful businessman, civ…
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The 'Patriot", 60-ton Virginia Navy armed schooner commanded by Lieut. James Watkins, was charged with the defense of Warwick Co. inhabitants then harassed by British plundering expeditions. In April 1781, in the James River offshore, the 'Patriot…