106 entries match your criteria. Entries 101 through 106 are listed.
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101 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — Who's in the neighborhood? — Brainwaves at the Beach — Marine Mammals — |
Near Atlantic Avenue at 16th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
More than 30 marine mammal species come to feed in Virginia's food-rich waters. All are migratory, and when and where you see them depend on the species.Bottlenose dolphins and manatees are summer visitors often seen close to the beach while pilot . . . — — Map (db m107140) |
102 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — William Clark — 1770 - 1838 — Caroline County — |
Near Pacific Avenue. |
Clark shared command of the team from 1803-05 that was the first overland expedition undertaken by the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean. The "Voyage of Discovery" ordered by President Thomas Jefferson explored routes across America's new territories of the . . . — — Map (db m165928) HM |
103 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — William Henry Harrison — (1773 - 1841) — Charles City County — |
Near Pacific Avenue just south of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
Harrison attained nearly 50 million acres of land from treaties with Native American tribes. This resulted in a rebellion by Indian leader Tecumseh, and led to the Battle of Tippecanoe, which made Harrison a hero of the War of 1812. He served in the . . . — — Map (db m165957) HM |
104 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — William Styron — 1925 - 2006 — Newport News — |
Near Pacific Avenue (U.S. 60) just south of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
Styron won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature as well as the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1968 as a result of “The Confessions of Nat Turner.” He also wrote Sophie's Choice and won the . . . — — Map (db m165939) HM |
105 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — Woodrow Wilson — 1865 - 1924 — Staunton — |
Near Pacific Avenue (U.S. 60) just south of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
The 28th U.S. President, Wilson was Commander of the largest armed force in U.S. history during World War I. Always for peaceful resolve, his Fourteen points led to the Armistice, effectively ending the war with the Versailles Treaty. He also served . . . — — Map (db m165937) HM |
106 ► Virginia, Virginia Beach, North Virginia Beach — Zachary Taylor — 1784 - 1850 — Barboursville — |
On Pacific Avenue (U.S. 60) just south of 14th Street. |
The 12th U.S. President, Taylor earned his national reputation in the Mexican War. There he commanded the military in Texas after its annexation to the U.S. and successfully kept the territory in American possession. His nickname was "Old Rough and . . . — — Map (db m165940) HM |
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