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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNI4_marine-observation-tower_Norfolk-VA.html
The Marine Observation Tower, also known as the Pagoda, was a gift to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk from the Taiwan Provincial Government, Republic of China, as a result of a Sister State relationship established in 1981. Go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNI3_battleship-wisconsin-quad-40-mount_Norfolk-VA.html
A primary antiaircraft weapon used by Allied forces during the violent air and sea battles of World War II was the Mark 2 quadruple mounted 40 millimeter gun mount, or "Quad 40." Each individual Quad 40 gun was capable of firing shells weighting t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNI1_uss-norfolk-bell_Norfolk-VA.html
The first Naval vessel to bear the name Norfolk was a brigantine built in 1798 to protect American commerce against armed French vessels in the West Indies. The second USS Norfolk, Destroyer Leader I, was a submarine "hunter-killer" ship and was t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGM_whitehead-house-1791_Norfolk-VA.html
Patrick Parker, a wealthy merchant, built a Georgian style home here in 1791. Later occupants of the house included Hugh Blair Grigsby and John Boswell Whitehead, sons of Elizabeth McPherson. Elizabeth's first husband was the Reverend Benjamin Gri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGK_moses-myers-house-1792_Norfolk-VA.html
Moses Myers (1753-1835) was a shipping merchant who came to Norfolk in 1787 from New York. He acquired this site in September 1791 and built his distinguished Federal town house in 1792. It was one of the early brick buildings to be constructed in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGH_governor-tazewell_Norfolk-VA.html
Here stood the residence of Littleton Waller Tazewell, attorney, Virginia legislator, U.S. Congressman and Senator, and Governor of Virginia. The Williamsburg native came to Norfolk in 1802 to practice commercial and maritime law and was widely kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDN_uss-forrestal-cva-cv-avt-59_Norfolk-VA.html
In memory of the 134 men that died on 29 July 1967 during a tragic fire on board the USS Forrestal CVA-59 while conducting combat operations against North Vietnam. An additional 142 shipmates lost their lives while serving on USS Forrestal during …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDM_uss-liberty-agtr-5_Norfolk-VA.html
"On June 8, 1967, during the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab States, the American Intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked for 75 minutes by Israeli aircraft and motor torpedo boats. Liberty was left with over 820 rocket and cannon holes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDL_the-chesapeake-bay-history-happened-here_Virginia-Beach-VA.html
In 1861, the Confederate navy converted the hulk of U.S.S. Merrimack into an ironclad, CSS Virginia. On March 8, 1861, the Virginia sank one Union warship and drove another aground in flames before the north's ironclad, U.S.S. Monitor, crossed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDK_uss-scorpion-ssn-589_Norfolk-VA.html
USS Scorpion, a Skipjack class nuclear-powered attack submarine homeported in Norfolk, Virginia began a Mediterranean deployment in February 1968. The following May 22nd, while homeward bound from that deployment, she was lost with her entire crew…