It took four pens to complete one signature — Gov. Ralph Northam’s — that sealed the final transfer of land from the U.S. Army to the state: the 4.97 acres
It took four pens to complete one signature — Gov. Ralph Northam’s — that sealed the final transfer of land from the U.S. Army to the state: the 4.97 acres
The transfer marked the end to 10 years of complex negotiations over various parcels of Army land at the former headquarters for the Training and Doctrine Command and before that for the Coast Artillery, said Northam, who had served for years on the board of the Fort Monroe Authority, the state agency that runs the property.