USS West Virginia Memorial

At 0758, 7 December 1941,

near this spot at Bert Fox 6

the USS West Virginia

moored outboard the USS Tennessee

was damaged and sunk by enemy bombs and torpedoes.

As the West Virginia settled to the bottom

she forced the Tennessee against the ...

Virginia "Jennie" Gilmer

Out of Whose Vision, Leadership and Love to Humanity was Born a New Hospital

Virginia "Jennie" Gilmer is widely recognized as the founder of Anderson's first hospital, which over the years evolved into Anmed Health, the largest private not-for-profit health system ...

Union, Western Virginia

History All Around

The Confederate Monument, dedicated in 1901 to honor the local men who served the South, is up the walkway to your left. Thirteen Confederate companies were formed here in Monroe County.

From the top of the hill, behind ...

Virginia Mourning Her Dead

Company A

Henry A. Wise, Jr., Captain Commanding

C. H. Minge, Cadet Captain

W. C. Hardy, Lieutenant • W. Morson, Lieutenant • E. M. Ross, Sergeant • W. B. Shaw, Sergeant • W. T. Duncan, Sergeant • J. Douglass, Sergeant • H. Wood, ...

Virginia Military Institute Historic District

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

1975

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Barracks     The Virginia Military Institute

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States.

U. S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1966

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on ...

Jim Yarnell's (Untitled) Smoky Hills of West Virginia (1960)

Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path

Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days ...

Virginia H. Farah Foundation

Member of WSU Baseball Founders Club.

The Virginia H. Farah Foundation's early support of the Eck Stadium Phase IV renovation project was instrumental in making it a reality. The Foundation supports selected charitable causes throughout the world. Its Trustees chose to ...

National Historic Landmark- Virginia City, Montana

Virginia City was the territorial capital of Montana (1865-75) and the site of one of the greatest gold strikes in the West (1863). Today it seems a classic Western ghost town, with many false-fronted buidings which are open as museums. ...

Virginia Key Beach Park

In 1918, D.A. Dorsey, an African American millionaire, purchased what is now known as Fisher Island so that blacks could have a beach of their own during segregation. Due to increasing property taxes, Dorsey sold the property and without a ...