Celebrate Hampton's 400th Anniversary throughout 2010!
Hampton's 400th Anniversary main event takes place July 8-11, 2010, featuring the Blackbeard Pirate Festival, an enormous cake resembling St. John's Church, the premier of the film, "Hampton: From the Sea to the Stars" and more!
Sea to Stars Ticket
One-time admission to VirginiaAir & SpaceCenter, IMAX, Miss Hampton II Cruise, HamptonHistoryMuseum and Hampton Carousel. $39.40 for adults, $25.50 youth ages 4 -11.At the HamptonVisitorCenter and VirginiaAir & SpaceCenter.727-1102 or 727-0900.
The City of Hampton: Through the Lens of Reuben V. Burrell and James Van Der ZeeThrough November 27400th Anniversary Feature Event
Walker Airfield on FortMonroe.5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.Free.757/788-3151.
Hampton’s 400th Anniversary Celebration featuring the Blackbeard Pirate Festival
July 8-11, 2010
North America’s oldest continuous English speaking settlement and the parish of St. John’sChurch celebrate their 400th anniversary with living history, family fun, a huge cake, fireworks, and frolicking pirates. Downtown Hampton.757/727-0900. www.vasc.orgor www.hampton400.com
Hampton Bay Days September 10-12, 2010 400th Anniversary Feature Event
The City of Hampton: Through the Lens of Rueben V. Burrell & James Van Der Zee
Friday, Jan 29, 2010
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Saturday, Nov 27, 2010
The City of Hampton: Through the Lens of Reuben V. Burrell and James Van Der Zee
Reuben V. Burrell has documented through photographs a half of a century of HamptonUniversity events – both big and small. Not only is Mr. Burrell the Griot (historian) of the University but his lens goes beyond the campus into the surrounding community. Coming to Hampton as a student in 1938 Burrell finished his course requirements in 1940, after which, World War II was pending.He received a B.S. degree in Industrial Arts from Hampton in 1947, and then enrolled at New YorkUniversity where he earned his M.A. degree in Industrial Arts Education in 1949.Hired at Hampton in December 1949, Mr. Burrell began his career as the school photographer. For more than sixty years, he has provided an invaluable service to the university documenting its history as well as reprinting historic photographs. He has also documented landmarks, businesses, social and civic activities in the city of Hampton.His photographs include well known individuals in the city as well.
James Van Der Zee is recognized as the dean of African American photographers based on his large body of photographs taken in Harlem, New York during more than half of the 19th century.In 1906 Van Der Zee left his hometown of Lenox, MA here he met and married Kate L. Brown, a seamstress from Newport News, Virginia.The couple’s first child, Rachel, was born in 1907 and shortly afterward they traveled to Virginia.The Van Der Zee’s decided to remain in Tidewater, VA where Van Der Zee found employment as a waiter at the Hotel Chamberlin.The photographs will share images of two categories: the everyday activities of Slabtown residents and the academic community at WhittierPreparatory School.
Partial funding for this exhibition provided by the City of Hampton, 400th Anniversary Celebration Fund.
January 29-August 30
Hampton University Museum
757-727-5508
Huntington Building Hampton, VA 23668 757-727-5508
Celebrating its 28th year, this annual festival is a combination of free entertainment on two stages, a family friendly area with a children’s stage, rides for kids under twelve, 40 booths of interactive educational fun that encourages stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay, 100 Arts & Crafts booths, 35 food vendors, and one of the longest fireworks displays in the area.
September 10-12, 2010
Downtown Hampton
Fri, noon-11pm; Sat, 10am-11pm; Sun, Noon-6pm
Call 757-727-1641 or visit www.baydays.com for more information about this event.
Native American Festival: Thunder on the Bay 400th Anniversary Feature Event
A 400th Anniversary Signature Event, Thnder on the Bay is a drumming and dancing pow-wow, focusing on the continued Native American presence in our region and along the East Coast, with educational exhibits, food vendors, and craft vendors.
September 18, 2010
Buckroe Beach Park
Call (757) 726-5437 for more information on this event
