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Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge

The Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located where the Occoquan River meets the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States between Belmont Bay and Occoquan Bay. The 644-acre (2.61 km2) site, about half of which is wetlands, was a popular tourist spot known as Dawson Beach until the 1940s, after which it was used for military research by the U.S. Army's Harry Diamond Laboratories from the 1960s to the 1990s. When the land was purchased from the military, it was temporarily called the Marumsco National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was formally established and renamed in 1998, and is now managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Geography and biodiversity When the Army obtained the site in 1950 for use as a radio transmitting station, fields of antennas replaced cows and crops. In the 1970s, the base's mission shifted to top secret research. Electromagnetic pulse testing and sight lines for security kept the vegetation low, primarily in grasslands. When the base closed in the 1990s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was able to continue to preserve these grasslands as wildlife habitat. The refuge has a mix of wetlands, forest, and native grasslands that provides a diversity of habitats for wide variety of species. Wetland habitats cover about 50% of the refuge and include wet meadows, bottomland hardwoods, open freshwater marsh, and tidally influenced marshes and streams. Upland meadows and mature oak-hickory-beech forest are interspersed among the wetlands. The unusual number and interspersion of habitats provides visitors an opportunity to view a wide variety of wildlife species and habitats in a relatively small area. Noted for its grassland nesting birds, neo-tropical migrants and raptors, the refuge also hosts wildlife common to Virginia. Over 220 species of birds, over 600 species of plants, and 65 species of butterflies have been documented on the refuge. Many of the bird species are uncommon or rare in the region. Visiting Approximately four miles (6.4 km) of old patrol roads are reserved for foot traffic, rotating between three two-mile (3.2 km) loops. Information is posted at the visitor contact station and at trail heads. Wildlife Drive also contains two miles (3.2 km) of old patrol roads reserved for motor vehicle and bicycle access. Vehicles can serve as a mobile blind, allowing visitors closer views; the blind effect is also why drivers and passengers must stay in their vehicles while on the drive. References This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. External links Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Odd Fellows Hall (Blacksburg, Virginia)

The Odd Fellows Hall, also known as Tadmore Light Lodge, No. 6184, is a historic Grand United Order of Odd Fellows meeting hall located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story frame structure clad in painted weatherboard siding. It has a standing seam metal gable roof. The building served throughout the early- to mid-20th century as the social center of the local African-American community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. References
Old Brick Church (Bacon's Castle, Virginia)

Old Brick Church (Lower Church, Southwark Parish) variously known as the Lawnes Creek Parish Church or the Lower Surry Church is a historic church in Bacon's Castle, Virginia. The lower chapel of the Southwark Parish was a brick rectangular room church built in 1754 about a mile northwest of Bacon's Castle, in Surry County, Virginia. Its brick walls are irregularly laid in Flemish bond and English bond with a few glazed headers. The church remained abandoned from the Disestablishment of the Church of England in America until 1847. It was destroyed by a fire, reputedly set by recently freed slaves following the American Civil War in 1868, but its thick brick walls remained standing. Its ruins were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The Old Brick Church was typical of the Virginia vernacular churches of the colonial period. Prior to its destruction it probably resembled other surviving 18th century brick rectangular room churches in Virginia such as the circa-1743 Merchant's Hope Church in Prince George County and the Ware Parish Church in Gloucester. Its walls were fairly well preserved until 2003, when a large oak tree in the churchyard was uprooted by high winds during Hurricane Isabel and fell on the ruins of the church, collapsing large portions of its walls. The ruins have since been stabilized, and many of the original bricks were saved. There are plans to reconstruct the walls and restore the church to its colonial appearance. According to local folklore going back more than a century, the ruins of the Old Brick Church are said to be haunted. Many credible people young and old over several generations claim to have seen the flying fireball. Those who have seen it describe it as simply a ball of fire. It rises from the church cemetery into the air about forty feet and slowly drifts across the broad fields towards Bacon's Castle. A former owner of the plantation saw the fireball out of his window and rushed outside thinking his barn was ablaze. Another person staying at the 17th-century Jacobean mansion woke up to find the ball circling his bed before flying back out the window. Many years ago a church meeting was being held outside in the graveyard and everyone in attendance claimed to have seen the ball of fire. References
Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia)

The Old City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is the oldest municipal (city-owned) cemetery still in use today in the state of Virginia, and one of the oldest such burial grounds in the United States. Since the 1990s it has been operated as a history park and arboretum, in addition to being an active cemetery. The exact number of interments in Old City Cemetery is unknown because of a lack of official records before 1914, but it is estimated that 18,000–20,000 people are at final rest there. They represent an unusually diverse cross-section of the local community, including founding fathers and mothers of the town, Confederate soldiers who died in military hospitals, African American tobacco factory laborers, European immigrants, paupers, and "strangers" who died passing through town. Two-thirds of the burials in the cemetery are African American. It has been estimated that over 90% of Lynchburg's enslaved and free African American population are buried in the Old City Cemetery, the primary burial site for African Americans from 1806 to 1865. In fact, at that time it was the only burial ground, excluding private family graveyards, available to African Americans in the area. A notable burial is that of Ota Benga (c. 1883–1916), a Congolese pygmy exhibited at human zoos, although his remains may have been later moved to Lynchburg's White Rock Hill Cemetery. The cemetery's Confederate section contains the graves of over 2,200 soldiers from 14 states. Also interred at the cemetery is poet Bransford Vawter. The cemetery was established on land donated to the City of Lynchburg by city founder John Lynch. The original deed for the property states it shall be used as a public burying ground or for a house of worship—and for no other purpose whatsoever. The 27-acre (11 ha) site includes four small historic house museums located inside the cemetery, which is cared for by the Southern Memorial Association. Pest House Medical Museum, Lynchburg's first hospital Hearse House and Caretakers' Museum, museum about the cemetery and funerals Station House Museum, a reconstructed C&O Railway depot furnished as in World War I Mourning Museum, museum about mourning customs, located inside the Cemetery Center The cemetery also includes a non-denominational Chapel, built to commemorate the 200-year anniversary of the founding of Lynchburg's Old City Cemetery in 1806, and a Columbarium with niches and crypts for new burials below the Chapel. Gallery References External links Media related to Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons Old City Cemetery official site Virginia African American Heritage Program, Old City Cemetery Old City Cemetery at Find a Grave U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old City Cemetery
Old Point Comfort Light

Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Records of aids to navigation at Old Point Comfort date to 1775, when John Dams was paid to maintain a beacon there. Its location at the entrance to Hampton Roads made it one of the first points designated for a light by the new United States federal government, and appropriations were made starting in 1800. The light was constructed by Elzy Burroughs and put into service in 1803, though a keeper's house was not built until 1823. In the War of 1812 the light was one of several seized by British forces in their advance on Washington, DC. Following the war, Fort Monroe was constructed on the point, situated so that its walls were a short distance from the light. In the Civil War it escaped damage and extinguishing, as Fort Monroe was held by Union forces throughout. By this time the original lamp and reflector arrangement had given way to a Fresnel lens. Following the war consideration was made of deactivating the light, as development around the point had made it less conspicuous. The light was retained, however, and a program of improvements to the grounds and facilities toward the end of the century culminated in the replacement of the keeper's house with a new structure in 1891. A variety of upgrades and innovations were applied to the light in the early twentieth century, including an experimental photoelectric control for the fog signal installed in 1936. The characteristic was altered several times as well. Red sectors in the lantern glass showed a white sector until the entire signal was made flashing red. Upon automation in 1972 the keeper's house was transferred to the U.S. Army, which used it as a dwelling for Fort Monroe's Command Sergeant Major until the fort was closed in 2011. The lantern is painted in an unusual combination of a red roof and green rails, decking, and walls. The light is still active. References "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Virginia Lighthouses: Old Point Comfort Light from National Park Service Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Virginia from LighthouseFriends.com de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 26–29. ISBN 9780801815485. External links Media related to Old Point Comfort lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Old Point Comfort Light Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, VA: 5 photos, 3 color transparencies, and 3 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Old Point Comfort, VA at lighthousefriends.com
Old Stone Church (Winchester, Virginia)

Old Stone Church (also known as the Presbyterian Meeting House) is a historic church at 304 E. Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia. The church meeting house was constructed in 1788. Upon its completion, local Presbyterians began worshipping in the building. In 1800, the Winchester Presbytery officially established the congregation as the "Presbyterian Church in Winchester." The first pastor was the Rev. Dr. William Hill. Hill was the pastor of Daniel Morgan, and gave his funeral sermon. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. References External links Media related to Old Stone Church (Winchester, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons Official website of original congregation
Open High School (Virginia)

Open High School is an alternative public high school in the Oregon Hill neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1972 with the intention of helping students become independent, self-determined thinkers and learners. Students volunteer at a variety of places, take college courses for high school and college credit, and independently develop and maintain a class schedule. The school building was originally built with money and on land donated by Grace Arents. Athletics are held at the student's home school. All Richmond Public Schools students were eligible to apply in ninth or tenth grade. The school has high academic requirements for admissions. Structure Open High School has a community-based structure where advisory homeroom-like groups known as "families" direct students in the development of school activities, functions, and other school related activities. These families each have about 15 students. Each family selects two student representatives to represent them in a Student Representative Council. At meetings of this council, student reps bring forth questions, disagreements, or ideas that the family might have and that they would like to bring forth to the student body. If a concern gets enough attention, or if an individual student would like to set it into motion, it is brought up during a monthly "town meeting", where the entire present administrative staff and entire present student body come together in order to discuss and vote on anything that a single student or group of students may deem important. Due to its selective application system, and comparatively small school facility, Open High School has a lesser number of students than that of other schools in its district, Richmond Public Schools, allowing for a smaller student-teacher ratio. Students are given the opportunity to create their own elective classes in combination with a teacher sponsor, known as a 'Thursday Class' These classes are typically unrelated to typical school material and instead, feature material the student or teacher deem important or compelling to convey. These classes can include guitar, crocheting, or theater courses at VCU. Notable alumni Anne Holton, Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 to 2016 and wife of Tim Kaine, who was the vice-presidential running mate of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Aimee Mann, American rock singer. See also Alternative education References External links Open High Announcements YouTube page Open High School website Richmond Public Schools Website
Page County High School

Page County High School is a public secondary school located in Shenandoah, Virginia. The dedication of the original building in 1961 brought together students from the former Shenandoah and Stanley high schools. It holds grade levels 9–12 (freshmen through seniors) and has an enrollment of approximately 473 students. The feeder school is Page County Middle School, which is in turn fed by Shenandoah Elementary and Stanley Elementary schools, and formerly Grove Hill Elementary School. Page County High School has an auditorium with a capacity of approximately 700 people, a gym with retractable bleachers on two sides, a full library, a cafeteria that feeds students in two 25 minute blocks each day, and three computer labs. The school's mascot is the panther. Major Renovations Major renovations of Page County High School took place during the summer of 2002. The front facade, doors, and windows were replaced, and many interior changes were made. There were permanent annexes erected behind the school that housed math and foreign language classes. In 2005, a distance learning lab was instituted, allowing students and teachers to communicate with Page County's second high school, Luray High School, in real time. In 2006, ground was broken on a new building that would come to house Page County High School. Completed in 2009, the new building is located directly behind the former high school, now Page County Middle School. A new rubber track was added in the summer of 2015. Athletic Complex Page County High School houses an exquisite athletic complex, which hosts many of the school's sports. To the left of the school are the practice soccer and practice football fields. Before Page County Middle School stands the track and the football/soccer field. Unlike many tracks, Page County's track is not regulation length, therefore all running events start and end differently. The school's softball field is on a hill behind the middle school. The baseball field stands to the left of the track and football field. The cross country course begins and ends on the football field, but runs through nearby woods and around two large fields, one behind the school and one adjacent to the baseball field. Basketball and volleyball are both played inside the school's gym. New Building In August 2006, the Page County Board of Supervisors approved construction of two new high schools in the county. These plans would turn the current Page County High School building into a middle school. The groundbreaking was in November 2006, and the school was scheduled to be completed for the opening of the 2009–2010 school year. The new Page County High School building is located directly above the old high school, which now houses Page County Middle School. In September 2009, the new Page County High School opened its doors. In June 2010, the school saw its first senior class, the Class of 2010, graduate in an indoor ceremony. Notable alumni Wayne Comer (1962), former Major League Baseball player References External links Page County High School Page County Public Schools
Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center

The Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center is a tribal museum located on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in Virginia. The museum focuses on the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s history and way of life from 12,000 years ago through to the present. Construction on the museum began in 1979, with primary contributions made by Warren Cook (Pamunkey) and Errett Callahan (an experimental archeologist). The museum celebrated its grand opening on October 11, 1980. Early in the museum’s history a living Indian Village was a major component of the exhibition but no longer exists. Today glass display cabinets highlight the lifeways of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and are the centerpiece of the museum. These cases were built by Grover Miles (Pamunkey) when the museum was founded and still house a majority of the museum collection. The museum displays combine replicas, primarily created by Callahan, with original Native American artifacts donated by Tribal Citizens from their personal and familial collections. The display cabinets begin with information dating to 12,000 years ago (the Ice Age) and incorporate all archaeological timeframes through to the modern period. The displays in each cabinet are sub-divided into four themes, which are listed below. These themes are color-coded blue, green, yellow and red to assist the visitor in understanding the differences within each theme from one era to the next. PEOPLE (blue) Displays the way of life of the Pamunkey during that specific era. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (green) The environment in which they lived SETTLEMENT (yellow) Relates to the dwellings in which they lived SUBSISTENCE (red) Exhibits the tools they used and how they survived The museum has a gift shop with various items designed and created by Pamunkey Tribal Citizens. Of particular note, pottery made using centuries old techniques and clay dug from the Pamunkey River is available for purchase. External links Official website
Paramount Theater (Charlottesville, Virginia)

The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, was designed by Rapp and Rapp and opened in 1931 as a movie theater. The Paramount continued showing movies until it closed in 1974. In 1990, a group of community members purchased the theater, formed a non-profit corporation, and began raising funds for its restoration and expansion. In late 2004, the Paramount re-opened after an $18 million renovation. It is operated by a non-profit organization and is a performing arts venue. Beginning in 2009, the theater has played host to performances by the Charlottesville Opera. References External links Media related to Paramount Theater (Charlottesville) at Wikimedia Commons Paramount Theater history
Paramount Theater (Charlottesville)

Le Paramount Theater à Charlottesville, en Virginie aux États-Unis est un cinéma théâtral construit ouvert par Rapp and Rapp de 1931 à 1974, puis rouvert par des membres de la collectivité à partir de 2004. Les membres de la collectivité ont racheté le théâtre en 1990, mais ont fait face à des rénovations importantes de l'ordre de 18 000 000 $ et s'étalant sur 14 ans. Notes et références Traduction (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Paramount Theater (Charlottesville, Virginia) » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Site officiel Portail des États-Unis Portail de la Virginie Portail du théâtre