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Walsingham Academy

Walsingham Academy is an independent Catholic school for Pre-K through twelfth grade located in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States. It was founded in 1947 and is administered by the Sisters of Mercy of Merion, Pennsylvania. It is within the Diocese of Richmond. History Saint Bede parish in Williamsburg purchased a building originally constructed as a fraternity house for students of the College of William & Mary, 601 College Terrace, adjacent to the original location of Saint Bede for use as housing by the USO during the Second World War, in which thousands of soldiers and families stayed during this period of use. On 16 September 1947, the Sisters of Mercy opened Walsingham Academy, a private Catholic school, in this building. After the school's move, the building served as a rectory and is now a privately owned home. Athletics The sports teams have won state championship titles in track and field, lacrosse, golf, soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, cross country, and sailing. Walsingham Academy won the baseball DIII State Championship in 2018 over Fuqua in 10 innings with a 6 to 5 score, capturing their first ever baseball state championship. The girls' track and field team has won the VISAA Division III State Championship 5 years in a row. Walsingham is considered a baseball powerhouse in coastal Virginia. As of 2024, the varsity baseball team had won six VISAA Division III state championships in a row. The 2024 team consisted of 17 players 8th-12th grades. Professional baseball player Tanner Schobel attended Walsingham. Choir The Walsingham Academy choir performed in Beijing in 2008 and in Rome in 2010. They also performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Notable alumni Tanner Schobel, MLB shortstop Mark Hamill, actor References External links Official website
War Memorial Stadium (Hampton, Virginia)

War Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Hampton, Virginia. It is primarily used for baseball and has been the home of the various incarnations of the Peninsula Pilots, including the current Coastal Plain League incarnation. It is also the home for the Apprentice School Builders college baseball team. The ballpark has a capacity of 3,750 people and opened in June 1948. Peninsula War Memorial Stadium was designed by the legendary Branch Rickey as an affiliate for his Brooklyn Dodgers. The Newport News Dodgers won 3 Piedmont League Championships before Brooklyn moved to Los Angeles and the Dodgers were no more in 1958. In 1963 the Carolina League's Peninsula franchise (1963–1992) began play in the Stadium as the Top Class "A" club of the Washington Senators. The Peninsula Grays were born. The Cincinnati Reds followed with Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench playing in the Stadium in 1965. The 1965 team also won the pennant for best record but lost in the playoffs. The Kansas City/Oakland "A"s followed until 1968 when the Astros came in. The following started a great era: the era of the Phillies. The name Astros was kept for 1969 when the Phillies came knocking. That's when the club adopted the nickname Peninsula Pilots, which was used 1971, 1976–1986, 1989–1992. The Phillies were Peninsula's affiliate for much of that time winning 7 Carolina League Division Championships, including 6 trips to the Carolina League Championship Series. In 1980 the club had a record of 100–40 and swept the Durham Bulls in the League Championship Series. That team had a .714 winning percentage, which was the best in Carolina League history. It still stands as one of the top 20 all-time records in professional baseball history. The Seattle Mariners were the affiliate in Peninsula's last season and won the CL Championship. Then the era of professional baseball on the peninsula that dated back to 1893 was over. The team is honored by the Peninsula Pro Baseball Alumni Association and the Peninsula Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductee and chairman is longtime Peninsula executive John Graham. War Memorial Stadium celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008. Satchel Paige played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League at War Memorial Stadium. External links Digital Ballparks—War Memorial Stadium Peninsula War Memorial Stadium Views – Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues Peninsula Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
Warrenton–Fauquier Airport

Warrenton–Fauquier Airport (ICAO: KHWY, FAA LID: HWY, formerly W66) is a public airport 14 miles southeast of Warrenton, a town in Fauquier County, Virginia. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is HWY to the FAA and has no IATA code. Facilities Warrenton–Fauquier Airport covers 407 acres (165 ha) at an elevation of 336 feet (102 m). Its single runway, 15/33, is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 m × 30 m) asphalt. In the year ending June 29, 2007 the airport had 42,184 aircraft operations, average 115 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 119 aircraft were then based at this airport: 84% single-engine (100), 13% multi-engine, 3% ultralight and 1% helicopter. Accidents and incidents On December 3, 2023, a 62-year-old pilot was killed while piloting a Beechcraft C23 aircraft when it collided with several trees while attempting to land at the airport. The aircraft had no other occupants other than the pilot, and no one was injured on the ground. See also Virginia portal List of airports in Virginia References External links Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for HWY AirNav airport information for KHWY FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures FAA Terminal Procedures for HWY, effective July 9, 2026
Warrenton Presbyterian Church (Warrenton, Virginia)

Warrenton Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian congregation in Warrenton, Virginia that was organized around 1780. Milestone events 1771 Presence of Presbyterians in Fauquier County (German community). c. 1780 Rev. Hezekiah James Balch, a graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), organized at Fauquier Court-House the Warren Academy and was licensed by Donegal Presbytery to preach in Virginia and North Carolina. 1804 Rev. William Williamson, a Scotsman, opened a school at Middleburg and preached in Fauquier County. In 1809, he organized the united congregation of Middleburg and Fauquier Court-House. 1813 The “Brick Church” was erected on the south side of Main Street to serve both Presbyterian and Episcopalian congregations. The building was used by both denominations until 1849. 1827 Winchester Presbytery organized members south of Bull Run into a separate congregation named the Presbyterian Church of Warrenton. 1849 St. James Episcopal Church erected their building, and the Brick Church was destroyed by tornado. 1855 The present church site was purchased and a church building erected. The Warrenton congregation was combined with the Greenwich (Prince William County) congregation with one Session. The first minister was the Rev. John W. Pugh, who served until 1868. 1861-65 During the Civil War, the church building was occupied by Federal troops. Substantial damage was incurred. 1885 Rev. Walter H. Robertson was installed. He served until 1903, at which time the reported membership of the church was 103. 1905 Rev. William Chinn installed as pastor. A cement floor was laid in the assembly room, 1930 with a section for use as a Sunday School classroom. 1930s Moeller pipe organ dedicated; Board of Deacons established; sanctuary repaired and redecorated; gas furnace installed; membership of 169. 1945 The Church Manse at the corner of High and Liberty Streets was purchased for $17,500. 1953 Educational wing was constructed with classrooms, a pastor's study, two small offices, and restrooms. 1962 Small lot and house directly behind the church on Fourth Street purchased. The dwelling was renovated and used by Sunday School classes. 1972 Potomac Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. and Washington City Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. united to form National Capital Union Presbytery. 1974 Corner lot and building to the East on Main Street purchased. A Noack pipe organ was built at a cost of $29,000. 1978 A second educational wing was added. 1987 J. Richard Winter, pastor since 1951 and church historian, retired. William Orders retained as interim pastor. 1988 Carl R. Schmahl installed as Pastor. 1999 New Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall built. 2000 New Pipe Organ and Concert Grand Piano dedicated (Randall Dyer Pipe Organ – 19 ranks) 2016 James E. Lunde installed as Pastor. External links Warrenton Presbyterian Church website Warrenton Presbyterian School Feature article on Warrenton Presbyterian Church Warrenton Presbyterian Church Haiti 5k Photo of Warrenton Presbyterian Church
Washington and Lee High School

Washington and Lee High School, a fully accredited high school in Montross, Virginia, in the United States, is a member school of the Northern Neck District in Region A of the single A division of the Virginia High School League. Fed by Washington District Elementary, Cople Elementary School, and Montross Middle School, W&L is the larger of two high schools in Westmoreland County, Virginia (smaller Colonial Beach High School being the only other public high school in the county). As of June, 2011, Washington and Lee High School enrollment was 495 students. Replacement with new school In early 2016, public meetings were held to discuss a 103-acre (42 ha) site for a new high school. On July 11, 2017, Westmoreland County officials, School Board members and officials, and faculty gathered in a former cornfield to unveil a sign announcing the site of a new school building. Michael Perry, Westmoreland County Public Schools Superintendent, said that the new facility would offer "expanded opportunities in the fields of career and technical education, math, sciences, and the arts". In early 2021, the Westmoreland County School Board unveiled the name of the replacement facilities for the Washington and Lee High School. This new high school campus was unveiled as Westmoreland High School. Athletics The school's athletes have won the following State Championships: 1980 Boys Track 1998 Boys Basketball (Group A) 2001 Football (Division 2) 2014 Boys Track High Jump (Milan Bullock) 2014 Girls Track 800m Race (Kathryn Beddoo) Notable alumni Walter Balderson, Emmy Award-winning television editor and video engineer References External links Official website
Wat Pasantidhamma

Wat Pasantidhamma (Thai: วัดป่าสันติธรรม, or "Wat Pa"), meaning "a peaceful temple in the woods", is a Thai Theravada Buddhist temple located at 14289 Chapmans Lane in rural Carrollton, Virginia. It is a non-profit religious organization serving the Thai and Thai American communities. Established as the first Buddhist temple in the Tidewater (southeastern) region of Virginia in 1998, it remains as of 2010 one of three in the State. See also Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, Redwood Valley, California San Fran Dhammaram Temple, San Francisco Vajiradhammapadip Temple, Centereach and Mount Vernon in New York Wat Boston Buddha Vararam, Bedford, Massachusetts Wat Buddhananachat of Austin, Del Valle, Texas Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram, Bossier City, Louisiana Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont, California Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram, Bolivia, North Carolina Wat Florida Dhammaram, Kissimmee, Florida Wat Mettāvarānaṁ, Valley Center, California Wat Mongkolratanaram, Berkeley, California Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa, Florida Wat Nawamintararachutis, Raynham, Massachusetts Notes Further reading Buchanan, Joy (January 18, 2005). "A Different Path". Daily Press. Retrieved September 22, 2010. "Mission Statement". Ratna Shri Sangha Circle. Retrieved September 21, 2010. "Savitri Vilassakdanont and Michael Tu". The New York Times. May 21, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2010. "Vietnamese Buddhism in Rural Virginia". Dong Hung Temple. Retrieved September 21, 2010. External links Media related to Wat Pasantidhamma at Wikimedia Commons Religious institutions in Hampton Roads
Soak City (Kings Dominion)

Soak City is a water park owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, located at the back of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Tickets are included with admission to the main park. History When the park debuted in 1992, it was originally named Hurricane Reef. In 1999, the water park was expanded and renamed WaterWorks and many of the attractions received new names. It has two sections, the Northside, formerly known as Hurricane Reef, and the Southside, which is the newer section of WaterWorks. The water parks at Kings Island and Carowinds were also known as WaterWorks for a period of time before being renamed Boomerang Bay. In 2015, Kings Dominion announced that WaterWorks would undergo a major expansion and be renamed Soak City, a name that has been used for other Cedar Fair water parks. The expansion included a new slide complex called Hurricane Heights featuring three unique slides, a new children's area called Splash Island, and the removal of the Shoot the Curl speed slides. Tornado, a ProSlide Tornado slide, was removed at the start of the 2018 season. For the 2020 season, Soak City was scheduled to be expanded with the addition of Coconut Shores, a new sub-area located on the former site of Big Wave Bay. The opening of Coconut Shores was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The area features Lighthouse Landing, a multi-story water play structure, and Sand Dune Lagoon, a children's wave pool. Slides and attractions See also List of Six Flags water parks References External links Official website
Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia)

The Watson House is a historic U.S. home located at 4240 Main Street, Chincoteague, Virginia. The house represents a notable example of the Chincoteague architectural style. The Watson family lived in Chincoteague for many generations and Robert Watson and his son David Robert Watson built this house in 1898. The Watson family co-founded the first organized Pony Penning event in 1925 on Chincoteague. The house currently serves as bed and breakfast. Notes External links House, Watson. "Watson House". Watson House. Retrieved 26 April 2025. Watson House bed and breakfast website
Waverly (Leesburg, Virginia)

Waverly is a mansion in Leesburg, Virginia that was built for Robert Townley Hempstone (1842–1913) about 1890. The turreted frame house combines the Queen Anne style with elements of Colonial Revival architecture. Hempstone, a Baltimore businessman, retired to the property that was then on the southern outskirts of Leesburg. The house was built by John Norris and Sons, who were responsible for many prominent houses, churches and commercial structures in Leesburg. Norris' son, Lemuel Watson Norris, became an architect in Washington, D.C. and designed projects for his father's firm. Description Described as "opulent," the 2+1⁄2-story house is arranged with a square main section to the front, with a rear service wing. The front, on the west side of the house, is sheltered by a full-width single-story porch that wraps partway around the north and south sides. The main entry is a pair of doors with a fanlight transom. The interior features a center hall plan with a monumental stair offset to one side. The stair features a stained glass Palladian window on the landing between the first and second floors. The expansive central hall is flanked by drawing rooms, a dining room, and a smaller parlor. The rear wing houses service areas with servant quarters on the second floor. The main house is isolated from the servants' quarters on the second floor. A turret on the attic level is the only finished room on the third floor. History Hempstone died in 1913. After several owners, the house became a restaurant in the 1950s, then a private school in the 1970s. The house was restored in the 1980s. Following a fire, Waverly was again restored in 1995 and is the main feature of an office center. Waverly is itself used for offices. References External links Waverly at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Weems–Botts Museum

Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street. Both buildings are located in Merchant Park. The park's bandstand commemorates William Grayson, one of Prince William County's most respected citizens and one of Virginia's first senators. The museum tour showcases the history of Dumfries, Virginia's oldest chartered town, and people associated with the house, including Mason Locke "Parson" Weems, and attorney Benjamin Botts. The museum was restored in 1975 as part of a bicentennial U.S. restoration project. The museum is owned by the Town of Dumfries and operated by Historic Dumfries Virginia, Inc., a non-profit organization. Historical significance The house originally served as the vestry for the Quantico Church. The house was purchased by Parson Weems, a native Marylander, in 1798. Weems was a clergyman who became an author and purveyor of books, which he would sell from the back of his jersey wagon. While traveling through Dumfries during one of his book-selling tours, Weems met Fanny Ewell, the daughter of Colonel Jesse Ewell, a wealthy tobacco planter with a warehouse business in Dumfries. They married in 1795. During his ownership of the house, Weems wrote an 80-page booklet that would influence the thoughts of Americans to this day entitled A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington. Weems published the first biography on George Washington and was the creator of the famous cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet"). Weems also created the fable that Washington threw a silver dollar more than 300 feet across the Rappahannock River. He also wrote biographies on Benjamin Franklin, Francis Marion, and William Penn. Sometime after the death of his father-in-law in 1805, Weems moved his family into the Ewell family estate, Bel Air. Weems sold his shop in 1802 to an attorney named Benjamin Botts. Benjamin Botts used the building as his law office. Best remembered as one of the defense attorneys who successfully defended Aaron Burr during his infamous treason and conspiracy trial, Botts was a Dumfries native and rising star in Virginia's legal community. Botts was killed in the Richmond Theater fire on December 26, 1811. After passing through multiple ownerships, the Merchant family owned and lived in the house from 1869 to 1968. The property was restored and opened as a museum in 1975. References External links Media related to Weems–Botts Museum at Wikimedia Commons Historic Dumfries: Weems-Botts Museum Photo
Wells Theatre

The Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue located in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. It has housed the Virginia Stage Company since 1979. The Wells Theatre is owned and operated by the City of Norfolk and is part of The Seven Venues. History The theatre opened on August 26, 1913 with a production of The Merry Countess, a Shubert musical. In 1916 Jake Wells installed a movie screen and projector, although theatrical bookings continued to occupy most of the theatre's schedule. Many of America's leading performers appeared at the Wells, among them John Drew, Maude Adams, Otis Skinner, John Philip Sousa, Billie Burke, Fred and Adele Astaire and Will Rogers. Throughout the Great Depression, the Wells continued to stage vaudeville shows and movies. Burlesque was added to the theatre's repertoire around the beginning of World War II, which provided a steady source of income by attracting thousands of sailors stationed in Norfolk. Throughout the 1940s and 50s the theatre continued to operate as a movie house also. In the 1960s the Wells shared in the general decline of downtown Norfolk by converting to an X-rated movie house and occasionally staged live burlesque shows. The backstage area became the Jamaican Room, one of Norfolk's infamous gin mills and brothels. The poured-in-place, steel-reinforced concrete structure was technologically advanced for the period. The New Wells' ornate decoration made the theatre the flagship of Wells Amusement Enterprises, and continues today as a well-preserved example of Beaux-Arts neoclassicism. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The theatre originally had 1,650 seats with 12 boxes and three balconies. The top balcony served as a segregated balcony "For Negro Audiences Only," and with had its own entrance and box office. A system of stairs made inside access easy, allowing waiters from Wong Ping's Chinese Restaurant to serve theatre patrons on the second floor roof garden before and after performances. The downstairs Trustees Lobby facing Tazewell Street housed Doumar's Cones and BBQ's first location in Norfolk. The brothers would eventually operate 42 theatres in nine states. In Norfolk, Wells operated The Granby, Academy, Colonial, NorVa, Strand, New Wells and the American Theatre. Otto managed their entire theatrical enterprise from Norfolk with multiple ticker-tape machines that allowed him to calculate each theatre's box office earnings. References External links Media related to Wells Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia at Wikimedia Commons Official web site City of Norfolk's Seven Venues official site
West Hospital

West Hospital is a building on the Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University noted for its Art Deco architecture. It was commissioned by the Federal Works Agency;Public Works Administration and dedicated in 1940. Then known as the "New MCV Hospital", it was the fourth tallest building in Richmond when it opened to national acclaim in 1941, and is still among the tallest. The seventeen-story building, in Richmond's Court End, is in a cruciform shape. On the entrance of the building's west auditorium, a plaque (pictured) indicates that "on this site the Virginia convention ratified the United States Constitution June 25, 1788." The building was originally slated for demolition as part of the VCU 2020 plan, but has since gotten a reprieve. The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN) opposed the demolition. Historic preservationists were outraged when VCU announced a master plan in 2004 that called for the demolition the West Hospital and an adjacent eight-story Art Deco building, completed in 1938, known as the A.D. Williams Clinic. Despite opposition, the A.D. Williams clinic was demolished in 2010. The updated 2020 master plan calls for short-term renovations to the West Hospital to “allow continued use of the building for the foreseeable future primarily as an office facility serving the MCV Campus.” The board of visitors approved more than $5 million in renovation work on two floors of the building. The Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism located in the building offers added convenience and improved access to care by bringing together clinical and specialized support services for children with diabetes, obesity and other endocrine disorders. Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU offers the most comprehensive pediatric endocrine program in Central Virginia, and the facility is the region's only endocrinology center to offer treatment, clinical trials, education, medical nutrition therapy and psychological support in one location.Children’s Hospital of Richmond – Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — VCU Maps References External links VCU Maps - building location and directions Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods West Hospital on flickr VCU 2020 plan