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a
few things you may not know about this beach town...
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"VIRGINIA
BEACH, 0m. (13 alt., 1,719 pop., 12,000 summer pop.) is a seaside
playground where from May to October holiday throngs line the
six miles of white beach and jostle each other on the concrete
walk above it in front of cottages, hotels, and amusement halls.
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-
WPA Guide to the Old Dominion (circa 1940)
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Yeah,
this is ganna get good
Virginia
Beach gained its reputation as a famous vacation resort in the
19th century, following the building of a railroad connecting
its oceanfront with Norfolk and the construction of its first
hotel in 1883. Virginia Beach was incorporated as a town in
1906 and as a city in 1952. In 1963, Princess Anne County and
Virginia Beach merged, giving the present city an area of 310
sq mi bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.
- Lycos.com
Some
names you might remember...
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Rudy Boesh
Remember
that guy from the first CBS Survior show? You know, that
marine, yeah he lives here
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Pat Robertson
This
guy started- and still hosts- the 700 club, live from
the beach- oh yeah, hes building a state of the art back
lot for movies in the heart of Va Beach- when completed
it will be the most well equiped studio in America
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Edgar Cayce
He's
a famous psychic from the early part of the last century.
today his campus still exists along the ocean front
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V.
C. Andrews novelist;
Ann
Woodruff Compton news correspondent;
D.
J. Dozier football and baseball player;
George
Eastman inventor;
Scott
McKenzie singer;
Juice
Newton singer;
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Kenneth
S. Reightler, Jr. astronaut;
Grace
Sherwood accused witch;
Henry
Walke naval officer in Mexican and Civil wars;
Pernell
“Sweet Pea” Whitaker boxer;
Skip
Wilkins wheelchair athlete.
(Currently,
there are a number of Hip-Hop Artists, Producers, and
Football Players which reside in Virginia Beach, their
names have been withheld to protect their privacy)
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