Portal:Virginia/Did you know/19


 * ... that after Arlington's Hoover Field and Washington Airport merged to create Washington-Hoover Airport in 1933, a highway bisected the conjoined airfield's main runway (pictured)?
 * ... that in 1729, when his plantation Corotoman was destroyed, Robert "King" Carter I lamented in his diary about the total destruction of his wine cellar?
 * ... that Abraham Lincoln called the Beefsteak Raid "the slickest piece of cattle-stealing" he ever heard of?
 * ...that the Pamunkey Indian Tribe Museum displays a combination of artifacts and replicas in order to provide a full and authentic view of the Pamunkey people's lifestyle for the last 12,000 years?
 * ... that authorities believe convicted fraudster Edward Porta escaped from the U.S. Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia, apparently by walking out of its minimum security area?

Archive – Start a new article...