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Exploring history at Lock Park in Great Bridge: ‘Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead’
While Great Bridge Lock Park embraces only 19 acres on a small peninsula between the...
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![By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Navy_Black_Sailors_Exonerated_93607.jpg?w=111 "By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, […]")
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion
By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who...
On July 4th, historians discuss President James Monroe’s friendship with the Marquis de Lafayette
A large American flag towered above the proceedings and flapped at half-mast over the historic...
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Take a walk with a master docent at Great Bridge Battlefield Park in Chesapeake
Master Docent Jeff Kendle's walks provide insights that often go unnoticed by the casual visitor....
A furious, forgotten slave narrative resurfaces after nearly 170 years
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
Historic, notable D-Day photographs found by Virginia Beach artist
Muralist Todd Lindbergh inherited a collection of World War II memorabilia, including 8-by-10 photographs related...
D-Day film screening comes to MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk
The MacArthur Memorial will host a screening of the documentary film “The Girl Who Wore...
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Handwritten note a treasure at Riddick’s Folly House Museum in Suffolk
At every opportunity, Lee King, director-curator at the Riddick’s Folly House Museum in Suffolk, enjoys...
Cass Elliot’s death spawned a horrible myth. She deserves better.
Cass Elliot, one of the richest voices of the Mamas and the Papas, is the...
Celebrate National Maritime Day aboard the Battleship Wisconsin in Norfolk
Congress established May 22 as National Maritime Day in 1933 to officially honor the contributions...