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Woodes Rogers was the eldest son and heir of Woods Rogers, a successful merchant captain. Woodes Rogers spent part of his childhood in Poole, England, where he likely attended the local school; his father, who owned shares in many ships, was often away nine months of the year with the Newfoundland fishing fleet.
From 1982 until 1984, Urbanski served as an associate in Washington, D.C. for the law firm Vinson & Elkins. [3] From 1984 until 2004, practiced with the Woods Rogers law firm in Roanoke, Virginia, serving first as an associate from 1984 until 1988, and then as a principal from 1989 until 2004.
Location of Nelson County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nelson County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
Location of Norfolk in Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be ...
The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk [1] [2] and was formally incorporated in 1736. . The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it was soon rebu
In November 1940, the U.S. Government acquired the land (around 1.1 km 2) that would eventually become Naval Air Station Oceana.At that time, the surrounding area was mainly farmland susceptible to flooding, but it served as a useful outlying field for the rapidly expanding naval air force headquartered at NAS Norfolk and allowed units to work up for deployments away from the crowded base there.
The 6th Virginia initially protected Norfolk, but after the city fell to Union forces in June, 1862, was placed in Mahone's Brigade with 673 effectives. Upon Mahone's promotion, General D.A. Weisiger , who began the war as a captain of the 12th Virginia Infantry assumed command of the brigade that included both regiments.
Arlington House is the historic Custis family mansion built by George Washington Parke Custis from 1803–1818 as a memorial to George Washington.Currently maintained by the National Park Service, it is located in the U.S. Army's Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia (formerly Alexandria, D.C.).