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The Mariners’ Museum and Park is hosting the annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event is in partnership with the National Oceanic and ...

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the monikers Virginia and Merrimack/Merrimac were used interchangeably by both sides, as attested to by various newspapers and correspondence of ...

It has been updated to reflect the number of years that have passed. The “Battle of Hampton Roads” took place on March 8-9, 1862. It’s not hyperbole to say that the Monitor arrived just in ...

Both the Virginia and the USS Monitor were revolutionary in their design, and the famous battle between them at Hampton Roads on March 9 sounded the death knell for wooden war ships everywhere.

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – 150 years ago, two revolutionary warships fought in a celebrated battle; the first battle between ironclad ships. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimack ...

Newport News, VA – The Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend in Newport News is going to be an honest good time since Abraham Lincoln will be there! On Friday March 4, at the Mariner’s Museum and ...

And both sides knew the struggle might be won or lost by the ability to control the waterways — including Hampton Roads — on which the South’s economy depended. Those grim odds help explain ...