HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Imagine a period of time in our history where a class of people carried a book to find businesses that would welcome them. A movie was even made about it. Many from that period of time remember it as “The Negro Motorist Green-Book.” Thursday, we honor Black history with how that […]
Prohibition only lasted 17 years in Virginia, but 90 years after it ended, its impact is still felt in Hampton in unexpected ways. The nationwide ban on the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol came early to Virginia, three years before the passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – still the only amendment ever repealed, with the 21st Amendment in 1933. There’s still .
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A first round of work will upgrade lightning protection and branch supports, as needed, add soil nutrients, clear dead or diseased branches from its canopy and lay mulch down.