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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28KJ_craney-island_Norfolk-VA.html
Craney Island is 2 miles down, and across the Elizabeth River from this point. There on June 22, 1813, the Virginia Militia under General Robert B. Taylor of Norfolk, without losing a man, defeated 4000 British troops. They had come to destroy Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24YV_plummer-bernard-young-sr-1884-1962_Norfolk-VA.html
North Carolina native Plummer Bernard (P.B.) Young moved to Norfolk in 1907 to work at the Lodge Journal and Guide, the newspaper of an African American fraternal organization. He bought the paper in 1910, expanded its scope, and renamed it the Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZC_norfolk-international-airport_Norfolk-VA.html
How busy is Norfolk International Airport?
Norfolk International Airport has grown from a small municipal airport in the 1940's to a major international airport. The present passenger terminal carrier completed in 1974 and the airport began handl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZB_how-do-planes-fly_Norfolk-VA.html
What four forces act upon an airplane?
Air flowing over the curved wings of an airplane creates a force called lift.
As an airplane moves through the air, a force called drag tries to slow the plane down.
The force that pulls all objects to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZA_air-traffic-control_Norfolk-VA.html
Weather
Weather has an impact on airplanes, so pilots must keep a close eye on the weather. Before a flight they look at weather reports, and during a flight they, communicate with air traffic controllers along their flight path to keep informed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20IM_the-cannonball-trail_Norfolk-VA.html
Follow the Cannonball Trail through 400 years of Norfolk and American history. The Trail winds along the shoreline of the Elizabeth River and through the districts of downtown Norfolk. Walk the cobbled streets of West Freeman - the earliest reside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAM_pauline-adams_Norfolk-VA.html
Pauline Adams, a native of Ireland who immigrated to the United States in her youth, was a woman's rights activist who advocated a militant approach to the campaign for suffrage. The Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk was formed at her house in Ghen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZ8_u-s-n-armed-guard-of-world-war-ii-memorial_Norfolk-VA.html
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U.S.N. Armed Guard of World War II
The Armed Guard of WW II came into existence on April 15, 1941 as USN Naval Reserves began special gunnery training. On September 25, 1941, orders were given to train 200 officers and 1000 men by J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZ4_uss-intrepid-cv-11_Norfolk-VA.html
Commissioned: 16 August 1943
Decommissioned: 15 March 1974
The propeller is from the USS Intrepid (CV-11) aka "The Fighting I", an Essex Class Carrier built during World War II. Intrepid was launched on 26 April 1943 across the river at Newp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCG_confederate-defense-line_Norfolk-VA.html
Confederate breastworks crossed this road extending from Tanner's Creek on the west to Broad Creek on the east with an intrenched camp to the west. Union soldiers under Major Gen. John E. Wool landed at Ocean View and marched to Norfolk over this …