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Column: Executive director on growing the Virginia African American Cultural Center in Virginia Beach

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, June 11, print edition. BY GLEN MASON VIRGINIA BEACH — Whether as an actress or singer, or through her work helping

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Virginia Beach seeks historic images, suggestions as 60th anniversary of modern city nears

January 7, 2022 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — We don’t look a day over 59. Well, that’s actually because the modern city isn’t just yet.  But Virginia

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First Drafts & Revisions: Remarks to the Princess Anne County-Virginia Beach Historical Society on its 60th anniversary

November 4, 2021January 23, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — This won’t run in the print edition, but, for those interested in such things, here is a version of my remarks to

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Government Red Mill Virginia Beach

Once largely forgotten, a Revolutionary War skirmish is remembered in Virginia Beach

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — What could be worse than leading soldiers and horses through a swamp in mid-Februrary? Discovering a burned bridge

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Government Virginia Beach

Funding available for local history research projects in Virginia Beach

February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The Virginia Beach Historic Preservation Commission seeks applications for funding benefitting research that illuminates aspects of local history. Applications

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Books: Virginia Beach author looks at Back Bay’s gifts to generations

September 15, 2015 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — Al Henley, 69, whose family has been here since the late 1600s, comes from generations of people who

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