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A Museum of American Military History
Maria250 Says: The Virginia War Museum houses the nation’s largest collection of war relics where one can learn about American military history from 1775 to the present. Provided are exhibits of weaponry, vehicles, uniforms, insignia and more. Museum galleries include Women at War and...
Tom_Fields Says: If you wish to hike before or after visiting the Mariners' Museum, this is the place. The five-mile Noland Trail takes one all the way around Lake Maury. Along the way, keep an eye out for aquatic turtles, birds, small mammals, and other wildlife. The part along the James...
Tom_Fields Says: This is the foremost, must-see attraction in Newport News. It has so many fine galleries and exhibits that selecting only five photos was tough. There is enough here for several hours.The most historic attraction is the USS Monitor. During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy...
davecallahan Says: If you are in the Newport News area and have even the slightest interest in American history then you owe it to yourself to stop into the Mariner's Museum.It is a fine collection of all the ingenuity that has gone into making America one of the top maritime nations in the...
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store: too loud for me
davecallahan Says: I need earlugs when I go into their dining area ala warehouse. It is a high-ceiling affair with no wall coverings and very few partitions so it is like walking into a high school gymnasium with all of its echos. Conversation is almost impossible so every one keeps talking...
Belgian Waffle and Steak House: Breakfast All Day
grandmaR Says: We stopped here to eat lunch on Sunday. This place was very popular with all kinds of local people - after church for some of them I think. On the menu, they had a story about the origin of the name of Newport News, and also about the origin of the Belgian Waffle. I had...
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Mitty's Ristorante and Mitty's the Club are completely different. They are in the same building (The Omni Hotel) but cater to 2 different types of people. The restaurant has excellent Italian food with a full service bar while the Club offers dancing, drinks and bar nuts (yesssssssssss!!! Love bar nuts!)
Dress Code: For the restaurant I would definitely not wear jeans (for dinner at least) for the club most nights at least well...standard club dress applies (i.e., anything goes) however some nights they have dress codes mainly for the ladies, never heard of one for men.
Updated Jun 8, 2004
Address: Omni Hotel
Museum Shop: In the Mariner's Museum
grandmaR Says: This small shop is inside the Mariner's museum. Except for taking the picture, I do not know anything about this shop, and I can't find anything about it in the literature.
The Museum Shop: Next to the Mariner's Museum
grandmaR Says: I did not have the energy to go into this shop. Available items are Books Posters & Prints Gifts Clothing Chris-Craft America's Cup/ Sailing Ship Models Edibles Holidays Children Videos USS Monitor
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Newport News is loosely arranged into "neighborhoods" where people of similar ethnic or cultural or economic background gather or where some geographic feature is predominant.
The neighborhoods are:
City Center
Christopher Shores-Stuart Gardens
Denbigh... home of Denbigh Plantation; used to be a county seat
East End
Glendale
Hidenwood
Hilton Village
Huntington Heights (Overtown)
Kiln Creek
Lee Hall...known for its one of a kind railroad depot
Menchville
Morrison
Newmarket
Oyster Point
Port Warwick... upscale subsection of Oyster Point
Richneck
Riverside
Warwick... once an independent city it is now reunited with Newport News
Updated Apr 19, 2007
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Whenever we go into an unfamiliar large city, we always ask the motel staff about what areas we need to avoid (if any) and where are some of the safer parts of town. We lock our car doors and use the latch-chain on the hotel door when we are "at home" for the evening.
We have a money belt and pay the extra dollar to use the motel safebox for valuables.
Crime rate in Newport News is above the national average for a city of its size.
Annually there are: 20 murders, 100 rapes, 450 robberies/assaults, 1500 thefts.
There are 275 sex offenders registered for the Newport News area.
That sounds like a lot but given the size of the total population of Newport News, that turns out to be about one offender per 700 residents.
if you are concerned that this might impact your vacation plans, check out the website below.
This might be one of the cities that it would be good to use some of the precautions mentioned above.
Updated Apr 19, 2007
Website: http://www.city-data.com/so/so-Newport-News-Virginia.html
grandmaR Says: Around the Mariner's Museum is a 550 acre park, with a running trail, a lake, picnic areas, and benches. The park is open to the public daily and is free. I understand that there is another Newport News park which is not free.I have not used the park, as I concentrated on...
Maria250 Says: "Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary...
The Declaration of Independence III
Maria250 Says: The Declaration of IndependenceIn Congress, July 4, 1776..We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of...
The Declaration of Independence II
Maria250 Says: The Declaration of IndependenceIn Congress, July 4, 1776..He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:For Quartering large bodies of armed...
The Declaration of Independence I
Maria250 Says: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of AmericaIn Congress, July 4, 1776When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the...
Running at the Maritime Museum
grandmaR Says: I understand that one of the best running venues in Newport News is the Mariner's Museum's, Noland Trail complex. This was a gift from Mr Noland who willed the property to the City. The 5 mile running trail follows the outline of the lake. It is hard packed gravel and there...
grandmaR Says: Lake Maury is a 167 acre lake on the grounds of the Mariner's Museum. It was named for Virginian Mathew Fontaine Maury who was a 19th century oceanographer.Lake Maury has boat rental available. I have not done this, but it sounds like fun. You can troll "through calm coves...
grandmaR Says: On the menu of the waffle restaurant was this story about the orgin of the name of the town. They repeated the story below and than said:"Actually the name of Newport News originated 100 years earlier on the original voyage of Christopher Columbus. During his journey to the...
INDYSTYX Says: There is so much to do in Newport News. I enjoy the Newport News Park the most. It has a small lake where you can rent paddle boats and take a cruise, and several large parks for children to play in. There are dozens of trails for walking, biking, nad running. The park also...
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They took the statue of Eric the Red which used to stand outside the Mariner's Museum and replaced it with a sphere, and brought old Eric inside - he's much less impressive inside.
The city of Newport News Virginia is centrally located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, bordered on the west by the James River and on the south by Hampton Roads Harbor. Newport News is a...
Tradition says that the name came from the fact that "news" arrived here first that Captain "Newport" was bringing supplies to the Jamestown area. The town was first settled in 1621. since then it......
Newport News has many things for a history buff to stop and do. I only managed to go to the Mariners Museum but I will be back and take in more that it has to offer.
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