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The Elizabeth River courses through the heart of Virginia. The
Jamestown colonists recognized the river's strategic importance and
explored its watershed almost immediately after the 1607 founding.
The Elizabeth River traces four centuries of this historic stream's
path through the geography and culture of Virginia.
The Oceanfront's Cottage Line, the music halls of Seaside Park, and
dunes so large they dwarfed the old Cape Henry lighthouse are a
memory. Gone too are many of the city's iconic landmarks and open
spaces, lost to flood, fire, storm and the relentless onslaught of
post-World War II development. With a deft hand and rare vintage
images, historian Amy Waters Yarsinske recalls a time when the
likes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles played beneath the sizzling
lights of the Dome and locals shagged the night away at the
Peppermint Beach Club. Join Yarsinske as she takes one final stroll
through a Virginia Beach lost to time.
Berthed today at NAUTICUS, the National Maritime Center, the USS
Wisconsin (BB-64) was the last authorized of the four Iowa-class
battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built.
Wisconsin saw action in World War II and the Korean Conflict for
which the Big Wisky earned a collective six battle stars. Brought
out of mothballs and recommissioned a second time on October 22,
1988, the Wisconsin saw action again during the Persian Gulf War
but was decommissioned a third time on September 30, 1991. But this
great piece of American history was not destined for a lengthy
slumber. Resurrected by the city of Norfolk and USS Wisconsin
Foundation, working in lockstep with the Navy, it has become a
museum ship and Navy heritage site that continues the legacy of
duty, honor, and country that was the calling card of Wisconsin's
crew, and to inspire future generations of Americans.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is America's foremost memorial to the
nation's third president. As an original adaptation of neoclassical
architecture, modeled after Rome's Pantheon, it is a key landmark
in the monumental core of Washington, D.C., according to the
National Park Service, which administers and maintains the
memorial. The circular, colonnaded structure in the classic style
was introduced to this country by Thomas Jefferson. Architect John
Russell Pope used Jefferson's own architectural tastes in the
design of the memorial. Pope's intention was to blend Jefferson's
contribution as a statesman, architect, president of the United
States, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, adviser of the
Constitution and founder of the University of Virginia. Few major
changes have been made to the Memorial since its dedication in
1943. The most important change, of note, was the replacement of
the plaster model statue of Thomas Jefferson with a bronze version
of the same after World War II restrictions on the use of metals
were lifted. Each year the Jefferson Memorial plays host to various
ceremonies, including annual memorial exercises, Easter sunrise
services and the ever-popular Cherry Blossom Festival.
In its first century and counting, NASA Langley Research Center
[LaRC] has had a remarkable history that has stood out not only for
the many outstanding achievements in flight and space exploration
but the people who made it happen. "If there were a list of 100
people who contributed the most the progress in the world of
flight, I believe Langley would provide the most names. Without
question," observed astronaut, aeronautical engineer and the first
man to walk on the Moon, Neil Alden Armstrong (1930 - 2012) on
LaRC's nineteenth anniversary, "many of the giants of aero research
spent their careers here, and many others, who learned their craft
here, went on to lead other research efforts at other governments
labs in the industry. Langley has been a powerhouse of creative
thinking." With a centennial theme of "inventing the future," NASA
LaRC is poised to enter its second century of ingenuity and
invention with a wealth of pending and proposed research, and
near-term prognostication may prove a bit easier.
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