Always Good Ships; 125 Years of Shipbuilding

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A Tribute to 125 Years of Newport News Shipbuilding

On January 28, 1886, Collis P. Huntington founded Newport News Shipbuilding along the banks of the historic James River. His vision was to provide first-class quality in all aspects of the business and to earn a reputation for building the best ships in the world. For 125 years, generations of Newport News shipbuilders have constructed the nation’s most famous and most complex vessels. In doing so, they have helped build not only this community but also the world’s most powerful Navy.

Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake

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Few stories are as integral to the history of this region as that of the men and women who work the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Although we frequently hear stories on the news about the diminishing stocks of oysters, blue crabs, and fish in the Bay, and the increasingly jeopardized resources of the nation’s largest estuary, rarely do we have an opportunity to connect these reports with the individuals who most keenly feel the impact of this devastating trend. With the fishing and crabbing industries on the verge of collapse, so are the livelihoods of those men and women who work the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This rapidly shrinking population may soon cease altogether to exist.
 

Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake, tells this important story through the stunning black and white portraiture of Norfolk photographer Glen McClure. Produced in partnership with The Tangier History Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center and the Chincoteague Cultural Alliance, this exhibition will take visitors on a rare photographic journey to explore the proud heritage and strength of individual watermen and women of the Chesapeake Bay.