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2013/05/22 15:16
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Federal budget bickering didn't defeat Music Under the Stars. The 81st season of the U.S. Army's free concert series begins June 6 and will continue most Thursday evenings through Aug. 29. Music...
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2013/05/22 13:17
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HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Volunteers are being sought to place American flags at grave markers at the Hampton National Cemetery for Memorial Day. A lot of volunteers are needed. The cemetery has 28,000...
2013/05/22 01:16
2013/05/22 01:16
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In 2012, Fort Monroe's official May 24 history celebration arrived the way the undersized, counterproductively divided Fort Monroe National Monument had arrived: notably late and wrongly...
2013/05/21 17:18
2013/05/21 17:18
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For Sunday's Daily Press, I compiled a list of outdoor music events coming to the region this summer. As usual, the work of hammering together that kind of a piece clued me in on a few interesting...
2013/05/21 15:17
2013/05/21 15:17
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Some 7,000 fugitive slaves lived in the ruins of Hampton after it was burned by Confederates in August 1861. Taken at the end of 1864, this photo of the Grand Contraband Camp shows scores and scores...
2013/05/20 04:56
2013/05/20 04:56
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The Western Reserve Chronicle of 150 years ago today reported the execution of two Confederate spies, Capt. William Francis Corbin and Lt. Thomas Jefferson McGraw, at the prison for prisoners of war...
2013/05/20 03:16
2013/05/20 03:16
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Depending on where you plan on going, the guards may turn you away. The Army places guards at the entrance of Fort Monroe each night. At times, visitors are asked where they are going or just told to...
2013/05/16 21:16
2013/05/16 21:16
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HAMPTON — A cemetery carrying the namesake of North America's oldest black family has languished for years under iffy ownership and infrequent maintenance. That two-acre plot may have found a friend...
2013/05/15 18:16
2013/05/15 18:16
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A popular summer concert series has seemingly escaped looming federal budget cuts. Fort Monroe's Music By the Bay series will begin June 13 and with a performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band Wind...
2013/05/13 20:16
2013/05/13 20:16
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Slapwater, the Peninsula's premier party band, has renamed itself in hopes of leaving behind a bitter fight over rights to its name. The group led by drummer George "Doty" Hunt III is now called...
2013/05/13 04:16
2013/05/13 04:16
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Point of no return Hampton's tax-and-spend leadership has once again demonstrated its contempt for the taxpaying citizen by increasing the real estate tax rate 19 percent. In these lean times when...
2013/05/10 22:16
2013/05/10 22:16
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Traffic congestion The Gazette's lead article Wednesday, "Possible jump-start for I-64 widening" is encouraging, especially in that it for the first time mentions using the median, the core of a...
2013/05/09 23:17
2013/05/09 23:17
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In the past six months, the Suffolk Republican has introduced legislation and sought an attorney general's opinion concerning Fort Monroe. In both instances, his efforts have limited the city of...
2013/05/09 19:17
2013/05/09 19:17
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The foundation has given support for the museum for 30 years, providing volunteers who give guided educational tours of the museum. The Fort Monroe Authority is gradually taking responsibility of the...
2013/05/09 14:16
2013/05/09 14:16
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HAMPTON — The heat was getting to Princess. "We appreciated being able to bury the little dog there," said Gene Gravely, the family's patriarch. "She was a loving pet. She was a real sweet...
2013/05/06 01:16
2013/05/06 01:16
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The Fort Monroe Restoration Advisory Board is supposed to meet four times a year, but has not had a quorum since November 2011. That pattern continued this past Thursday, when seven of 14 members...
2013/05/05 01:16
2013/05/05 01:16
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Some things remain constant. One, at least on this planet, is gravity. Another, at least in this region, is the continued, pressing need for economic diversity. But why worry? If one considers an...
2013/05/03 22:16
2013/05/03 22:16
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Living responsibly As a very young child my "baby fat" was accepted and seen as cute. A few years later, starting school, I was taller but that baby fat was also growing, add a few more years with...
2013/05/02 19:17
2013/05/02 19:17
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HAMPTON — Walter Jones can trace his lineage back to the first documented person of African descent to be born in America, William Tucker. Growing up when he told his friends they wouldn't believe...
2013/04/29 18:09
2013/04/29 18:09
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RICHMOND - Virginia wants to be ready to defend Hampton Roads military installations if BRAC 2015 happens. In Richmond Monday, the governor's Commission on Military Installations and Defense...