Here & Then Podcast
1) Here & Then US Army Transportation Museum
We are at the US Army Transportation Museum in front a locomotive used to operate the Ft. Eustis Military Railroad. The FEMRR was established during WW I when Camp Eustis was created as a Coast Artill...Show More
2) Here & Then Norfolk Botanical Garden
We are here at the WPA Memorial Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden. This monument honors the African American workers, like Mary Ferguson and Edna Joyce, who worked to establish this garden. The azal...Show More
3) Here & Then Young's Mill
Tide mills dominated the Tidewater Virginia landscape. They used the ebb and flow of waterways to operate the mill stone to grind corn and wheat into meal. The first mill was built on the headwaters...Show More
4) Here & Then West Pt. Monument
James A. Fuller, a former slave, veteran of the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, and Norfolk’s first African-American councilman, initiated the effort to erect this monument in 1908. When this monument was ...Show More
5) Here & Then Elizabeth River Ferries
The first Elizabeth River ferry services began in 1636 when Captain Adam Thoroughgood offered passage across the river in a hand-rowed skiff. Regular service started in 1821 when a teamboat was avail...Show More
6) Here & Then Tuileres
During his tour of duty on Old Point Comfort, Robert E. Lee supervised construction of the Fort Monroe’s counter scarp wall, designed buildings and wharves, managed accounts and laborers and coordinat...Show More
7) Here & Then Fields House
We are here at the James A Fields House. Fields was born a slave, became a contraband in 1861 and was in the first class to graduate from Hampton Institute in 1871. After graduating with a law degre...Show More
8) Here & Then Women in WW1
World War I was the first global modern war. As more and more men were needed at the front, women stepped forward to serve as ‘soldiers without guns’ and filled the jobs the soldiers left behind. De...Show More
9) Here & Then St. Paul's Church
"We’re here at St. Paul’s Church, Norfolk’s oldest building. Following Royal governor Lord Dunmore’s defeat at Great Bridge on December 8, 1775, Loyalist forces abandoned Norfolk. Dunmore’s command ...Show More
10) Here & Then Oyster's Point
We are visiting the once vibrant seafood industry of Deep Creek. This harbor was so productive that it prompted the C & O to build its Oyster Point Station. When C & O Railroad arrived on the Peninsu...Show More