The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Shields of the Republic

In World War II more than 700,000 American men and women went to the conflict through the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. Over 900,000 more arrived, including the wounded, survivors of sea battles and prisoners of war. ...

Old Town Hall

Built 1900

Old Town Fairfax

Joseph E. Willard, who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and minister to Spain, built Old Town Hall and gave it to the town in 1900. He was said to have been the most influential political figure ...

Site of Field City

The deserted site of Field City or Tubb Town offers silent testimony to the boom and bust fate of many western towns.

In the spring of 1889 Deloss Tubbs, a businessman from Custer, Dakota Territory, laid out Field City around his ...

Barracks, School, Headquarters

This barracks was built for the enlisted men at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. After the proving ground moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1919, it became the Fort Hancock School and later Headquarters for the 7th Coast Artillery Regiment.

Sandy Hook ...

West Lafayette Volunteer Fire Department Centennial

100 Years of Service

1895-1995

1993 Building Addition

Chief

Gaylord Hill

Ass't Chief

Glenn Hill

Captain

Don Lusk •

Steve Wilson

Lieutenant

Ron Lusk •

Dallas Hill •

Mike Layton

Firefighters

Jerry Gress •

Dave Guilliams •

Tim Cheney •

Don Bradford •

Scott Matchett •

W. Mark Hale •

Chad Hains ...

Leadenhall Baptist Church

After the Civil War, a large number of black Baptists migrated to Baltimore. This church was organized in 1872 by black Baptists of the Sharp-Leadenhall area, with the help of the Maryland Baptist Union Association. It is the second oldest ...

Federal Hill and Otterbein

The Federal Hill and Otterbein Historic Districts exemplify preservation efforts in Baltimore. Adjacent to the Inner Harbor, they were among the earliest areas developed in the city. After periods of economic prosperity and decline, these historic neighborhoods were rediscovered and ...

The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Your Navy at Work

Every type of Navy ship operates on the Chesapeake Bay en route to or from the great naval installations of Hampton Roads. There are easy ways to identify them, starting with color. Most navies in the world ...

The Black Brigade of Cincinnati

Side A:

Following the success of Confederate forces in eastern Kentucky and General John Hunt Morgan's raids there in 1862, Cincinnatians believed that Southern invasion was imminent. Anxious officials ordered Cincinnati citizens to form home guards, but black men willing to ...

Mission of Death

"I do not hesitate to affirm that the Confederate position was virtually impregnable to a direct attack over the bridge."

Gen. Jacob Cox, Union 9th Corps

Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, whose division did most of the fighting here at the bridge, wrote ...