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W. White's Fort (Hayfield, Virginia) Categories: Colony of Virginia. Forts in Virginia. Military history of Virginia. Colonial forts in the United States by state.
U.S. Route 11 ( US 11) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in western Virginia. At 339 miles (546 km), it is the second longest numbered route (after US 58) and longest primarily north–south route in the state. It enters the state from Tennessee as the divided routes US 11E and US 11W at Bristol, roughly follows the West ...
e. Slavery in Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the late eighteenth century. They primarily worked in tobacco fields. Africans were first brought to colonial Virginia in 1619, when 20 Africans from present-day Angola arrived in Virginia aboard ...
Otis L. Brown. (as Secretary of Human Affairs) Formation. April 8, 1972. Website. hhr.virginia.gov. The secretary of health and human resources is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. The office is currently vacant pending confirmation of John Littel, Governor Glenn Youngkin 's nominee for the post. [1]
Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1,746 m) above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about 6.45 miles (10.38 km) WSW of Troutdale, Virginia. Most of the mountain is contained within the Lewis Fork Wilderness, while the ...
www .virginiaaquarium .com. The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, formerly known as the Virginia Marine Science Museum, is an aquarium and marine science museum located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just south of Rudee Inlet. The exhibits at the museum are contained in over 800,000 US gallons (3,028,000 L) of fresh and saltwater displays.
Roanoke County ( / ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 96,929. [2] Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of Cave Spring. [3]
English: The British liner RMS Mauretania docks at a C&O pier in Newport News, Virginia (USA), on Wednesday, 16 September 1942, with 2,036 German prisoners-of-war aboard. Most of the prisoners were members of tank and airplane crews.