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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLO_hampton-is-burned_Hampton-VA.html
When Capt. Jefferson C. Phillips's Confederate troops set the town of Hampton on fire on the evening of August 7, 1861, a house that stood on this King Street site was one of the many structures destroyed. Archaeology tells the story of its demise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLN_langley-field-discovering-aerospace_Hampton-VA.html
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), created in 1915 to revitalize American aviation, was a pivotal force behind opening Langley Field in 1917 nearby to the north. It was named for the late Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLL_langley-field-creating-an-air-force_Hampton-VA.html
In Dec. 1916, the U.S. Army purchased land four miles north of here to build an airfield to use jointly with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. During World War I, the Army trained aircrews and tested aircraft there. In 1921, Brig. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLH_hampton_Hampton-VA.html
The control of Hampton had been disputed during the war's first months. Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler sought to expand Union control over the lower Peninsula. Despite his defeat during the June 10, 1861, Battle of Big Bethel, his troops occupied H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLE_the-hampton-carousel_Hampton-VA.html
Built by the Philadelphia Tobaggan Co.in 1920
Located at the Buckroe Beach AmusementPark from 1921-1985
Purchased by the City of Hampton in 1985and completely restored in 1991
Grand Opening June 30, 1991
One of less than 70 antique ope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLB_william-claiborne_Hampton-VA.html
Nearby, William Claiborne (1600-1677) built a warehouse about 1631 to support his trading post on Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay. When Maryland seized the island in 1632, Claiborne fought an unsuccessful "naval war." Born in Kent County, England, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMML6_bunch-of-grapes-tavern_Hampton-VA.html
The Bunch of Grapes Tavern stood here during Hampton's heyday as a busy colonial seaport in the 1700s. The tavern, one of three then, served as an inn and meeting place for sea captains, planter and agents from the nearby customhouse where…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMML0_buckroe_Hampton-VA.html
In 1620, Frenchmen sent over to plant mulberry trees and grape vines settled here. The name was taken from a place in England.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKY_john-baptist-pierce_Hampton-VA.html
Cooperative Extension Service pioneer, innovator, and educator, John Baptist Pierce was appointed in 1906 by Seaman Knapp and H. B. Frissell of Hampton Institute as the first Negro farm demonstration agent for Virginia. Pierce served for 35 years …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKW_emancipation-oak_Hampton-VA.html
Here, under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened in January 1863 as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's "contraband of war" decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, enab…