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Adam Richman rates Faidley's crab cake sandwich Wednesday night on Travel Channel
The Baltimore SunThe celebrated crab cake sandwich at Baltimore's Faidley Seafood gets some national TV love Wednesday night at 9 on the Travel Channel. Faidley's crab cake on white bread with lettuce and tomato is featured on "Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America,"...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Hotels and Accommodations, Television Industry, Adam Richman, Duff Goldman
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Museum marks USS Monitor's 150th anniversary
One hundred fifty years ago this month, two strange-looking ships met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and changed the course of naval, if not American, history.
The duel in Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia ended in a draw,...Tags: Hatteras, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Conservation, Hampton Roads
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Faidley's crab cake to compete on Travel Channel sandwich show
The Baltimore SunFaidley's storied crab cake will compete for the title of best sandwich in America on a new Travel Channel show debuting on June 6. In eleven episodes, "Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America" will introduce viewers to 30 iconic sandwiches in 27 cities....Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Beef Brisket, Adam Richman, Sandwiches
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Monitor sailors laid to rest
ARLINGTON — The U.S. Navy made good on a 150-year-old promise Friday when it buried two Civil War sailors lost in the sinking of the pioneering ironclad warship USS Monitor. Laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with the solemn pomp and...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Hatteras, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Wars and Interventions
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Lost Monitor sailors near burial
WASHINGTON — Two sailors who perished 150 years ago in the sinking of one of history's most famous warships took a solemn step toward their final resting place Thursday when their remains were transferred to a Navy ceremonial guard at Dulles...
Tags: Hampton Roads, USS Monitor
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Ironclad on a rampage
No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, War of 1812, Shootings, Weaponry
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First clash of the ironclads
Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Basketball, Hampton Roads, Blindness, USS Monitor
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Lincoln directs fall of Norfolk
When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action. By the next morning, however — after finding that McClellan’s long...
Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Washington, DC, Hampton Roads, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Wars and Interventions
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Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death
When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...
Tags: Hatteras, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Heavy Engineering, Hampton Roads, Wars and Interventions
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Guests of note grace Hampton Roads events
Author My Haley's "The Treason of Mary Louvestre" tour continues In case you missed it in our earlier story, author My Haley is currently touring to discuss her book, "The Treason of Mary Louvestre" (Koehlerbooks, 2013), which tells the story of a...
Tags: Hampton University, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Book
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New monument honors crew of the USS Monitor
Reporter150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down. 16...Tags: Hatteras, USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Wars and Interventions
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Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death
When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...
Tags: Hatteras, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Heavy Engineering, Hampton Roads, Wars and Interventions
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