Half a mile west is site of Confederate camp. Georgia and Virginia troops defending Norfolk were encamped there from April 1, 1861 until the evacuation of the city May 10, 1862 — — Map (db m76779) HM
The Armed Forces Memorial is located here on a river that has for more than 200 years carried servicemen off to war and returned them home to loved ones. Within the Memorial are 20 inscriptions from letters written home by U.S. service members who . . . — — Map (db m3475) HM
The Armed Forces Memorial is located here on a river that has for more than 200 years carried servicemen off to war and returned them home to loved ones. Within the Memorial are 20 inscriptions from letters written home by U.S. service members . . . — — Map (db m191730) WM
Off this point in the Elizabeth River is the zero mile buoy marking the beginning of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. In colonial times water transportation was the principal mode for moving cargo. The idea of a canal connecting the Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m3478) HM
In the 1950s the downtown waterfront contained an assortment of aging facilities-wharves, warehouses, rail lines, ship chandlers, tugboat operations, and ferry docks. The city of Norfolk made a significant decision. An area of downtown along the . . . — — Map (db m3480) HM
Navy Escort Carriers based in Norfolk helped win the Battle of the Atlantic. They were the smallest, slowest, and most vulnerable of the Navy's aircraft carriers, but as noted World War II historian Samuel Eliot Morison wrote, "These escort carrier . . . — — Map (db m21213) HM
Town Point is where Norfolk began. In 1680 the General Assembly of his Majesty's Colony of Virginia enacted a law requiring each county to establish and develop a town site. In lower Norfolk County fifty acres of land at the entrance of the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m70920) HM
Town Point is where Norfolk began. In 1680 the General Assembly of his Majesty's Colony of Virginia enacted a law requiring each county to establish and develop a town site. In lower Norfolk County fifty acres of land at the entrance of Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m190701) HM
The Elizabeth River was shown, but not named, on a map drawn in 1585 by John White, a participant in Sir Walter Raleigh’s unsuccessful efforts to establish a colony on Roanoke Island in the North Carolina Outer Banks. In 1608 Captain John Smith and . . . — — Map (db m191490) HM
According to tradition, ferry service across the Elizabeth River was first established near this location in 1636 by Captain Adam Thoroughgood and operated by Lower Norfolk County. The earliest ferries were simply skiffs rowed by men. Later larger . . . — — Map (db m20363) HM
William Carney, born into slavery in Norfolk, gained his freedom and settled in New Bedford, MA, ca. 1858. He enlisted in the 54th Massachusetts Vol. Infantry Regt. In Feb. 1863, shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation authorized African . . . — — Map (db m191541) HM
The bombardment and burning of Norfolk helped fuel the American Revolution. In retaliation for Norfolk’s refusal to supply provisions for his ships, the British Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, ordered his fleet to fire on the town in the afternoon of . . . — — Map (db m191491) HM
After northern states began abolishing slavery during the Revolutionary era, fugitives from throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina started to escape by ship from the Norfolk waterfront. With luck and determination, many . . . — — Map (db m5602) HM
A distinctively bulbous bow, coupled with the lengthy slender hull below the waterline, enhanced the capacity of a 212,000 horsepower propulsion plant to push the 45,000 ton battleship Wisconsin through the water for speeds exceeding 33 . . . — — Map (db m191492) HM
A primary antiaircraft weapon used by Allied forces during the violent air and sea battles of World War II was the Mark 2 quadruple mounted 40 millimeter gun mount, or "Quad 40." Each individual Quad 40 gun was capable of firing shells weighting two . . . — — Map (db m35155) HM
Pvt Stewart was born in Norfolk. After joining the Army, he was sent to the frontier with Company “E”, 7th U.S. Infantry. Within a year, he would take part in actions against the Sioux in the Montana Territory during the Black Hills War. In . . . — — Map (db m191453) HM
David D. Barrow
Seaman, U.S. Navy
Enlisted in Norfolk
Gregory W. Bright
Coal Passer, U.S. Navy
Born in Norfolk
Both men were stationed onboard USS Nashville (PG-7) which was sent to Cuba during the . . . — — Map (db m191458) HM
Douglas MacArthur was the son of Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, Arthur MacArthur and Mary Hardy MacArthur of Norfolk. As Commanding General of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, General MacArthur demonstrated conspicuous leadership in . . . — — Map (db m191477) HM
CPT Versace graduated from Norfolk Catholic High School and then attended West Point, graduating in 1959. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action while a prisoner of war from October 1963 to September 1965. CPT Versace assumed . . . — — Map (db m191479) HM
Born in North Carolina and although only 14 years of age, having a muscular build, Lucas enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in Norfolk without his mother’s consent. He gave his age as 17 and went to recruit training. On Iwo Jima, February 20, . . . — — Map (db m191478) HM
James Wilson Hunter (1850-1931) was a prominent Norfolk merchant, banker and civic leader. In 1894 he commissioned Boston architect W.P. Wentworth to design and build this impressive town home for his family on West Freemason Street. The design . . . — — Map (db m48252) HM
The Marine Observation Tower, also known as the Pagoda, was a gift to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk from the Taiwan Provincial Government, Republic of China, as a result of a Sister State relationship established in 1981. . . . — — Map (db m35156) HM
Dedicated to locally based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel to include SEALs (Sea, Air and Land), SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant Craft) and support personnel assigned NSW commands, who have given their lives to our country. As members of . . . — — Map (db m191535) WM
NOAA’s roots date from 1807, when the Nations first scientific agency was established by President Thomas Jefferson to chart the coasts. The United States Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS), although virtually unknown outside of the government, is one . . . — — Map (db m199892) HM
This Trail of Honor is dedicated to those military personnel with a direct connection to the City of Norfolk who earned the Medal of Honor while in service to their country. The Medal of Honor is the highest military award presented for acts of . . . — — Map (db m192110) WM
This observation tower is here in commemoration of the 1983 visit to this site by Dr. Lee Teg-Hui, the President of the Republic of China, then as Governor of Taiwan Province.
As the Sister States, the State of Virginia and Taiwan shall . . . — — Map (db m191623) HM
Norfolk had several libraries for public use during the nineteenth century, among them that of the Norfolk Library Association, organized in 1870. Though designated "public," membership was not free. The fee to use the reading rooms and to check out . . . — — Map (db m35159) HM
This Federal style house is one of the oldest remaining buildings on Freemason Street, a fashionable address in the expanding Borough of Norfolk at the turn of the nineteenth century. It stands on property confiscated from the estate of Loyalist . . . — — Map (db m48248) HM
Follow the Cannonball Trail through 400 years of Norfolk and American history. The Trail winds along the shoreline of the Elizabeth River and through the districts of downtown Norfolk. Walk the cobbled streets of West Freeman - the earliest . . . — — Map (db m191729) HM
Builder J. C. Weston served as a Confederate Army Colonel and member of the Great Bridge Canal and Lumber Co.
With land purchased in 1853, Weston aspired to design in the High Victorian Italianate Second Empire style of architecture. As an . . . — — Map (db m199890) HM
Donated by friends of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, Washington, D.C.
This statue is an exact replica of the famous Lone Sailor Statue created by sculptor Stanley Bleifeld to grace the United States Navy Memorial in Washington D.C.
The Lone . . . — — Map (db m34951) HM
About 9:30 a.m., September 11, 2001, a hijacked commercial airliner was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia killing 35 active duty, retired and reserve naval personnel, along with other military personnel and innocent . . . — — Map (db m48344) HM
This house was built in 1807 as the country residence of Dr. William B. Selden.
During the Federal occupation of Norfolk (1862-1865) it was seized and occupied as the headquarters of the Federal commanders.
On his last visit to Norfolk, . . . — — Map (db m199889) HM
Sergeant Thomas Boyne entered the service in Norfolk. In 1879, he was serving as a Sergeant in Company “C”, 9th Cavalry Regiment in New Mexico. He was cited for ”bravery in action” at the Mimbres Mountains on May 29, 1879 and at the Cuchillo . . . — — Map (db m191456) HM
On 22 November 1975, the cruiser USS Belknap (CG 26) collided with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during night maneuvers in the Ionian Sea. As the carrier's overhanging flight deck sheared off Belknap's superstructure, Kennedy's . . . — — Map (db m34950) HM
At 11:18 on the morning of October 12, 2000, while USS Cole was refueling in Aden Harbor, Yemen, terrorist suicide attackers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship's port side. The blast tore a hole 40 by 60 feet in the ship's hull, . . . — — Map (db m34952) HM
In memory of the 134 men that died on 29 July 1967 during a tragic fire on board the USS Forrestal CVA-59 while conducting combat operations against North Vietnam. An additional 142 shipmates lost their lives while serving on USS Forrestal during . . . — — Map (db m34963) HM
On the morning of April 19, 1989, USS Iowa (BB-61) was underway north of Puerto Rico conducting routine training exercises when the #2 16" gun turret exploded, killing 47 men working within its steel-encased bulkheads.
"They were just men with . . . — — Map (db m48345) HM
USS Kearsarge, scheduled to depart for the Mediterranean Sea on June 1, 1948, was anchored off Naval Station, Norfolk in anticipation of an early morning departure.
Sailors and Marines returning to the ship the night of May 31 encountered heavy . . . — — Map (db m65543) HM
"On June 8, 1967, during the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab States, the American Intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked for 75 minutes by Israeli aircraft and motor torpedo boats. Liberty was left with over 820 rocket and cannon holes, . . . — — Map (db m34962) HM
At 0100 hours on October 1, 1972, the USS Newport News was firing a support mission off the coast of South Vietnam. An 8 inch projectile jammed in the center gun of Turret Two. The subsequent implosion and fire killed 20 crewmembers and injured 36 . . . — — Map (db m48342) HM
On the night of May 25, 1981, while operating off the Florida coast, a twin engine EA-6B jet aircraft crashed into the flight deck of USS Nimitz CVN-68, killing 14 crewmembers and injuring 45 others. Nimitz pulled into port, had its catapults . . . — — Map (db m48518) HM
The first Naval vessel to bear the name Norfolk was a brigantine built in 1798 to protect American commerce against armed French vessels in the West Indies.
The second USS Norfolk, Destroyer Leader I, was a submarine "hunter-killer" ship and . . . — — Map (db m35153) HM
USS Scorpion, a Skipjack class nuclear-powered attack submarine homeported in Norfolk, Virginia began a Mediterranean deployment in February 1968. The following May 22nd, while homeward bound from that deployment, she was lost with her entire crew . . . — — Map (db m34958) HM
In 1686 one hundred acres of land in this vicinity were granted to the Elizabeth River Parish for a glebe. It was sold by the vestry in 1734 to a merchant named Samuel Smith. This was one of the first areas of Norfolk to be developed outside the . . . — — Map (db m35160) HM
COL Jones, born in Norfolk, joined the Air Force after graduating from West Point. An A-1E Skyraider pilot, he risked his life and earned the Medal of Honor in an attempted rescue mission near Dong Hoi, North Vietnam. On September 1, 1968, then . . . — — Map (db m191480) HM
Sergeant Carney was born a slave in Norfolk and named William. He traveled to Massachusetts through the Underground Railroad. Having escaped from slavery, he met a man named William Carney and assumed his last name so he could serve in the 54th . . . — — Map (db m191409) HM
Private Barnes worked as a farmer in St. Mary’s County, MD before enlisting in the Army. He was mustered into service in Norfolk on February 11, 1864. He was assigned to Company “C”, 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. At the battle . . . — — Map (db m191451) HM
This shrine commemorates the Susan Constant, the flagship of the fleet that carried the first English settlers to Virginia in 1607. The Susan Constant, a 120-ton vessel, was built in 1605 and made one voyage to Spain before the . . . — — Map (db m33673) HM
On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the passengers and crew members of the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery arrived near this spot during a storm. They explored the landscape and eventually settled . . . — — Map (db m33674) HM
Near here Major-General John E. Wool, on May 10, 1862, Landed with 6000 Union troops. President Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, watched the movement from a ship in Hampton Roads. As the . . . — — Map (db m2629) HM
The first major amphibious action of World War II was planned near here in the Nansemond Hotel, HDQ. of Amphibious Force U.S. Atlantic fleet. An Army-Navy staff under Adm. H.K. Hewitt met with Gen. G.S. Patton to plan the movement of Task Force . . . — — Map (db m21195) HM
Commissioned: 16 August 1943
Decommissioned: 15 March 1974
The propeller is from the USS Intrepid (CV-11) aka "The Fighting I", an Essex Class Carrier built during World War II. Intrepid was launched on 26 April 1943 across the . . . — — Map (db m94329) HM
On 14 November, 1910, Eugene Ely in a Curtiss built "Hudson Flyer," utilizing a specially constructed platform with an uptilt at the end, took off from the cruiser Birminham anchored off Fort Monroe and landed at Willoughby Spit, 2½ miles . . . — — Map (db m33357) HM
On March 9, 1862, the first battle between ironclad ships occurred in Hampton Roads when the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) met in a naval engagement which opened the era of the armored warship. — — Map (db m21215) HM
On Nov. 14, 1910, man proved that planes could fly from ships when a Curtiss Bi-Plan piloted by E. B. Ely took off from the deck of the cruiser U.S.S. Birhingham, at anchor off Old Point Comfort, flew two miles to Willoughby Spit and landed on the . . . — — Map (db m33670) HM
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