The Exchange Hotel opened in Gordonsville in 1860, built by Robert Omohundro at the site of his recently burned tavern. Omohundro took advantage of the nearby Central Virginia Railroad, offering food and lodging to wealthy travelers. The hotel later became a Civil War hospital and then a school for the formerly enslaved.
Coalitions, such as the partnership between the Port of Virginia and the Coast Guard Maritime Incident Response Team, will be critical to the nation’s continued prosperity and international standing.
Nine military bases near the Chesapeake Bay are contaminated with "forever chemicals" from firefighting foams used by the Defense Department, an environmental advocacy group warned this week.
The Environmental Working Group said the biggest risk is that the chemicals might have flowed out of the groundwater at military sites in Maryland and Virginia and into the bay.