Living in Gloucester, VA
Gloucester, Virginia is a community that thrives off of the surrounding waterways, and is known for its water activities, fishing industry, and peaceful rural setting. Throughout Gloucester you'll find public access to the surrounding rivers and bays in the form of boat ramps, beaches and public waterfront parks and playgrounds. Gloucester is also home to the College of William & Mary's school of oceanography, the Virginia Marine Institute of Marine Science.
This community features a number of marinas and yacht clubs like the York River Yacht Haven which provides permanent and transient boat slips and features a restaurant, pool, marine supplies store and activity rooms.
Though Gloucester is a rural community, a number of shopping centers provide the desired conveniences. The quaint main street is lined with unique local stops and museums. On main street you'll also find Historic Court Circle; one of the few remaining groupings of early government buildings in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The majority of Gloucester residents enjoy small suburban communities, or rural properties. Though a few reside in the limited town home communities.
If you're interested in escaping the hustle and bustle to enjoy all that nature has to offer, then Gloucester could be the place for you.
Call James Bisbee and The Bisbee Team today start your Gloucester home search. 757-508-7973
Civil War Days, Gloucester County, Virginia 2010
Last Muster of the Civil War. Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Circle. August, 2010.
US Air Force, Blue Aces, Live In Gloucester, VA #3.wmv
The Blue Aces playing live at the Historic Gloucester Courthouse Circle.
Civil War, Robert E Lee, Interview, Gloucester, VA
We interview Robert E Lee at the Last Muster of the Civil War, Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Circle, Gloucester, Virginia.
Civil War Last Muster, Gloucester County, VA August 2010
Last Muster of the Civil War. Historic Courthouse Circle, Gloucester County, Virginia. Civil War Days, August, 2010.
US Air Force, Blue Aces, Live in Gloucester, VA #2.wmv
The United States Air Force band, The Blue Aces playing live at the Gloucester County Historic Court House Circle.
Gun Fire of the Civil War, Last Muster, Gloucester, VA .wmv
The guys are shooting off their rifles at the Last muster, Civil War days at the Historic Gloucester Courthouse Circle. August 2010.
Civil War Songs, Last Muster, Gloucester, VA 2010
Here is some southern singing by a real Southern Lady. Last Muster of the Civil War, Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Circle, August, 2010.
Civil War Blue Grass Duet, Gloucester, VA 2010
Great civil war duet at the last muster, civil war days, Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Circle.
Colonial Dancing
A demonstration of colonial dancing being held at the Court/Halfmoon Inn.
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Civil War Blue Grass Music, Gloucester, VA 2010.wmv
Great blue grass band playing at the Last Muster, August 17th, 2010. Gloucester Historic Courthouse Circle. Civil War Days.
Blue Grass Music, Civil War Last Muster, Gloucester, VA
The boys play some more blue grass for us. Last Muster of the Civil War. Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Circle, Civil War Days.
American Revolution Part 4
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America.
The American colonials proclaimed no taxation without representation starting with the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. They rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them because they had no representatives in that governing body. Protests steadily escalated to the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the burning of the Gaspee in Rhode Island in 1772, followed by the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. The British responded by closing Boston Harbor and enacting a series of punitive laws which effectively rescinded Massachusetts Bay Colony's rights of self-government. The other colonies rallied behind Massachusetts, and a group of American Patriot leaders set up their own government in late 1774 at the Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance of Britain; other colonists retained their allegiance to the Crown and were known as Loyalists or Tories.
Tensions erupted into battle between Patriot militia and British regulars when King George's redcoats attempted to destroy Colonial military supplies at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The conflict then developed into war, during which the Patriots (and later their French allies) fought the British and Loyalists in what became known as the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Each of the thirteen colonies formed a Provincial Congress which assumed power from the former colonial governments, suppressed Loyalism, and recruited a Continental Army led by General George Washington. The Continental Congress declared King George a tyrant who trampled the colonists' rights as Englishmen, and they declared the colonies free and independent states on July 2, 1776. The Patriot leadership professed the political philosophies of liberalism and republicanism to reject monarchy and aristocracy, and they proclaimed that all men are created equal.
The Continental Army forced the redcoats out of Boston in March 1776, but that summer the British captured New York City and its strategic harbor, which they held for the duration of the war. The Royal Navy blockaded ports and captured other cities for brief periods, but they failed to destroy Washington's forces. The Patriots attempted to invade Canada during the winter of 1775–76 without success, but they captured a British army at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. France entered the war as an ally of the United States with a large army and navy. The war then moved to the Southern states, where Charles Cornwallis captured an army at Charleston, South Carolina in early 1780, but he failed to enlist enough volunteers from Loyalist civilians to take effective control of the territory. Finally, a combined American and French force captured a second British army at Yorktown in the fall of 1781, effectively ending the war. The Treaty of Paris was signed September 3, 1783, formally ending the conflict and confirming the new nation's complete separation from the British Empire. The United States took possession of nearly all the territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes, with the British retaining control of Canada, and Spain taking Florida.
Among the significant results of the revolution was the creation of the United States Constitution, establishing a relatively strong federal national government which included an executive, a national judiciary, and a bicameral Congress representing states in the Senate and the population in the House of Representatives. The Revolution also resulted in the migration of around 60,000 Loyalists to other British territories, especially British North America (Canada).
More than 2 dozen roaches found at Mandarin restaurant
Thai restaurant fails the grade with roaches under a prep table and elsewhere.
Civil War Blue Grass Music, Last Muster, Gloucester, VA 2010.wmv
Some Civil War Blue Grass music for y'all. Gloucester County Historic Circle. Civil War Days, August, 2010.
What happened after John Bobbitt's then-wife cut off his penis [NIGHTLINE Part 2]
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After a nine-hour surgery, doctors were able to reattach Bobbitt's penis. The incident and resulting trials became one of the most sensational stories covered in the '90s.
Entire Neighborhoods Battle for Best Christmas Light Display
These families have turned their homes and their neighbors' homes into extravagant Christmas wonderlands.
Colonial Dancing at Berkeley Plantation
The Junior American Citizens of the Williamsburg Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution dancing 18th century colonial dances at the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival at Berkeley Plantation