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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EH8_fort-algernourne_Hampton-VA.html
Near here Captain John Ratcliffe built Fort Algernourne, 1609. In 1614, it was a stockade containing fifty people and seven cannon. In 1632, the fort was rebuilt. It was discontinued after 1667. In 1727, a new fort, Fort George, was ordered built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGM_emancipation-oak_Hampton-VA.html
To the west, on the grounds of Hampton University, stands the Emancipation Oak. Under its sheltering limbs, protected and encouraged by the occupying Union army and prominent local church leaders, Mary Smith Kelsey Peake (1823- 22 Feb. 1862) taugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGL_the-hampton-indian-program_Hampton-VA.html
Hampton Institute began the Hampton Indian Program to "christianize and civilize" American Indians. The first students arrived at the Institute near midnight on 13 April 1878. They had been incarcerated at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EG5_second-church-at-kecoughtan_Hampton-VA.html
Nearby a monument marks the site of the second church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton), built in 1624 for Elizabeth City Parish, established 1610 and now the oldest Protestant parish in continuous existence in America. This building was replaced befo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFZ_national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics_Hampton-VA.html
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was established by Congress in 1915 to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight." The NACA created the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory at nearby Langley Fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFW_chesterville-plantation_Hampton-VA.html
One mile north is Chesterville, birthplace of George Wythe (1726-1806), a prominent Virginia attorney, judge, legislator, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Wythe inherited the family plantation in the 1750s and operated it until the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19J1_big-bethel-church-and-cemetery_Hampton-VA.html
Bethel Church moved to this location from Hampton in 1842. The original church built here—the third Bethel Church—was destroyed during the Civil War. The individuals interred here were members of the Big Bethel Baptist Church congregat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19J0_big-bethel-udc-monument_Hampton-VA.html
Bethel 1861
To commemorate the Battle of Bethel, June 10, 1861. The first conflict between the Confederate and Federal land forces and in memory of Henry A. Wyatt, Private Co. A, 1st Regiment North Carolina Volunteers. The first Confederate sol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IZ_battle-of-big-bethel-union-monument_Hampton-VA.html
Dedicated on the150th anniversaryBattle of Big BethelUnion regiments engaged:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th (Duryee Zouaves)& 7th New York4th Mass. & 1st Vermont2nd U.S. ArtilleryUnion losses:18 killed, 53 wounded, 5 MIATo their everlasting memoryJune 10, 2011
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IY_battle-of-big-bethel_Hampton-VA.html
This is the site of the first land battle of the Civil War in present-day Virginia. During the spring of 1861, Federal officials took steps to secure Fort Monroe, which occupied a strategically vital position at the mouths of the Chesapeake Bay an…