Army of Northern Virginia

June 27, 1863

Headquarters of the Army moved from Greencastle to Chambersburg Penna. Rodes's and Johnson's Divisions Ewell's Corps arrived at Carlisle. Early's Division marched from Mummasburg via Hunterstown, New Chester and Hampton to Berlin. Gordon's Brigade Early's Division reached York. ...

The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind

Founded 1839

A state residential school created by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 31, 1838 for the purpose of educating the deaf and the blind children of the state.

Marker is on Commerce Road ...

8th Virginia Infantry

The 8th Virginia Infantry was a local unit made up of six companies from Loudoun, two from Fauquier, and one each from Fairfax and Prince William counties. Commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton, the Regiment arrived on the field about 12:30 ...

National Historic Landmark- Virginia City, Nevada

[Located in the center of town is a monument on which there is mounted six markers commemorating historical events and people of Virginia City]

West Side - Front of Monument:

In June of 1859 in Gold Canyon, a second group of Prospectors ...

First Roman Catholic Settlement in Virginia

The crucifix by sculptor Georg J. Lober, erected in 1930, commemorates the first English Roman Catholic settlement in Virginia. Fleeing political and religious turmoil in Maryland, Giles Brent and his sisters Margaret and Mary established two plantations called Peace and ...

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

(VIMS)

Using science to…

Increase oyster and clam production

Model Bay dynamics

Identify aquatic disease

Reduce billfish by-catch

Trace contaminants

Understand food web production

Increase blue crab populations

Explore bottom dwellers

Restore seagrass

Strengthen natural stocks

Investigate coastal erosion

Understand nutrient cycles

The Nation’s leading research facility focusing on coastal and estuarine science

Since 1940, ...

Virginia ("Ginnie") Bethel Moon

1844-1926

The daughter of a Confederate sympathizer, Ginnie Moon was a noted Southern Civil War spy. Born in Ohio, Ginnie moved to Memphis with her mother in 1862. She was arrested for spying soon after the Federal Army occupied the city, ...

Virginia Tech Airport

The airport was founded in 1931 as a college-owned facility. School funds and a grant from the Works Progress Administration in the early 1940s paid for paving a runway and building a hangar. Two training programs offered here made the ...

West Virginia / Frederick County

West Virginia. West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1728. A great battle with the Indians took place as Point Pleasant, 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the ...

Jefferson County / State of Virginia

(East Facing Side):

Jefferson County

Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Drake, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington’s men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as a seat of the National Capital.

(West ...