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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EB6_virginia-state-federation-of-colored-womens-clubs_Hampton-VA.html
Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. . This house was the last headquarters of the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, organized In 1907 by educator and social reformer Janie Porter Barrett and other women who att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EAX_deaf-and-blind-school_Hampton-VA.html
Deaf and Blind School. . In 1906, the Virginia General Assembly authorized the Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children. Founded by deaf humanitarian William C. Ritter and Hampton Delegate Harry R. Houston, the school opened on 8 Sep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EAS_war-of-1812_Hampton-VA.html
War of 18 12. Military Legacy. John Thorowgood Jr., Revolutionary-Era leader, lived on an 840-acre plantation near here, on Little Creek. He was elected to the Convention of 1776, which adopted Virginia's resolutions for independence, the Virg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EAP_bay-shore-hotel_Hampton-VA.html
Bay Shore Hotel. . A group of prominent local African Americans formed the Bay Shore Hotel Company, purchased land here, and in 1898 opened a resort for black travelers. Ravaged by an Aug. 1933 hurricane, the resort was rebuilt and operated un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22S9_mary-smith-kelsey-peake_Hampton-VA.html
Born free in Norfolk in 1823, Mary Peake devoted herself to the education of African Americans. About 1850, she founded the Daughters of Zion to aid the poor and the sick. A seamstress by day, Peake violated state law to teach her fellow blacks at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YNH_a-2-polaris_Hampton-VA.html
Polaris was a deterrent and retaliatory missile specifically designed for launch from a ballistic missile submarine while submerged (or surfaced) to strike a target some 1,500 miles away. A typical submarine carried 16 of these missiles which coul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YNG_m-2-corporal_Hampton-VA.html
The Army's Corporal was the first U.S. ballistic missile originally developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. It was powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine and carried either a high explosive or nuclear warhead. A surface-to-sur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YNF_ajax_Hampton-VA.html
Beginning from the early 1950's into the 1960's, during the Cold War era, concerns created the need for basing surface-to-air missiles near U.S. military installations. Built for the U.S. Army by Western Electric and initially deployed in 1953, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMX_mercury-test-capsule_Hampton-VA.html
This is a test capsule of America's first manned spacecraft for Project Mercury. Engineer's had to devise a vehicle that would protect the human being from the temperature extremes, vacuum, the newly discovered radiation of space and high-speed re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMW_a-7e-corsair-ii_Hampton-VA.html
The A-7E Corsair II was first flown by on November 25, 1969, after the Navy decided that the A7-A & B needed more power and improved avionics. The A-7E was powered by a naval version of the 15,000 lbs Allison/Rolls-Royce TF41-A-2 turbofan engine, …