USS Cumberland (1842)
The first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy.
Portsmouth is an independent city located in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 95,535.
Population: 95,535
Latitude: 36° 50' 7.55" N
Longitude: -76° 17' 53.77" W
The first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy.
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (MMMBT) is the 4.6 mile-long (7.4 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664 in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States.
The Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), also known as Edgar Cayce's A.R.E., was founded by Edgar Cayce (1877–1945) in 1931 to research and explore subjects such as holistic health, ancient mysteries, personal spirituality, dreams an…
The Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 9,520-seat (219,330 square feet) multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, located on the campus of Old Dominion University. It is operated by Global Spectrum. The Constant Center is part of the University Vi…
WGNT, virtual channel 27 (UHF digital channel 50), is a CW-affiliated television station that is licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, United States and serves the Hampton Roads (Portsmouth-Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News) television market. The sta…
Nauticus is a maritime-themed science center and museum located on the downtown waterfront in Norfolk, Virginia.
The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) located in Norfolk, Virginia, was established as the Armed Forces Staff College in 1946 and incorporated into the National Defense University in August 1981. It educates and acculturates joint and multinational …
Norfolk County was a county of the South Hampton Roads in eastern Virginia in the United States that was created in 1691. After the American Civil War, for a period of about 100 years, portions of Norfolk County were lost and the territory of the co…
Joint Expeditionary Base East (formerly known as Fort Story as a sub-installation of Fort Eustis), is a sub-installation of the United States Navy and Little Creek Amphibious Base. Located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia at Cape …
USS Congress (1841) — the fourth United States Navy ship to carry that name — was a sailing frigate, like her predecessor, USS Congress (1799).
The James River Bridge is a four-lane divided highway lift bridge across the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it carries U.S. Route 17 (US 17), US 258, and State Route 32 acr…
Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach.
The second USS Norfolk (DL-1) was the first destroyer leader of the United States Navy.
Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton.
Hampton High School is a public secondary school located in Hampton, Virginia. It is the oldest of the four current high schools in Hampton Public Schools, built in 1956. It is an International Baccalaureate World School with the Diploma Programme. …
WVBT is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Hampton Roads area of Southeastern Virginia that is licensed to Virginia Beach. It is also the Fox station for the Outer Banks. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 fr…
Fort Wool was a seacoast fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads approximately one mile south of Fort Monroe. The island fortress was designed by Brigadier General of engineers Simon Bernard, an expatriated Frenchman who had served under…
The Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred on January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia began shelling the town, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific pro…