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A fire burning at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront has shut down a section of the Atlantic Avenue corridor and is sending smoking wafting through part of the resort area. Specifically, the ...
The Old Cape Henry Light, completed in 1792, was the first federal construction project under the United States Constitution. The history of Virginia Beach, Virginia, goes back to the Native Americans who lived in the area for thousands of years before the English colonists landed at Cape Henry in April 1607 and established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown a few weeks later.
The building that was consumed by fire Tuesday night the Virginia Beach Oceanfront is a “total loss,” according the fire department, along with the three business inside. The affected ...
The Virginia Beach Fire Department (VBFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The department protects an area of 249 square miles (640 km 2) as well as 59 square miles (150 km 2) of inland waterways and 38 miles (61 km) of shoreline. The independent city is home to a population of ...
Norwegian Lady Statues. Coordinates: 36.853593°N 75.975815°W. The Norwegian Lady Statues are located in the sister cities of Moss, a coastal town and municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway, and at the Oceanfront ( boardwalk) in the coastal resort city of Virginia Beach, Virginia in the United States. They commemorate the lives lost in ...
Unknown. On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others before he was killed by responding police officers.
Virginia Beach Oceanfront refers to the three mile (4.8 km) long (27 feet wide) boardwalk area in South East Virginia Beach on the Atlantic Coast. It is located North of the Rudee Inlet Bridge and includes the boardwalk itself, Atlantic Avenue, and Pacific Avenue. [ 1] Virginia Beach is a resort city, and the Oceanfront is a primary tourist ...
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center (formerly the Virginia Marine Science Museum) is a popular aquarium near the oceanfront that features the 300,000-gallon Norfolk Canyon Aquarium, containing sand tiger, nurse and brown sharks, as well as sting rays and other large open-ocean dwellers. There is also a 70,000-gallon sea turtle ...