Fort Monroe News

On the day before Thanksgiving, the streets of Phoebus were almost empty, apart from the homeless men in Kearney Park.

President Barack Obama addressed the country Tuesday night about his plans of sending more troops to Afghanistan.

It definitely the season at Fort Monroe in Hampton. Here's a lineup of holiday events.

For historic Fort Monroe, life marches on. Date published: 11/21/2009 What do you think? Enter your FredTalk username and password to post a comment on this story.

A group that is planning future development at Fort Monroe voted today to have certain sections of the post designated a unit of the National Park Service.

Military installations in Hampton Roads reported no immediate changes in security posture because of a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday afternoon.

U.S. Joint Forces Command will host its 14th annual "Salute to Veterans" concert on Friday at 7:00 pm in Norfolk's Chrysler Hall.

A business that apparently opened in late October to sell huge packages of meat from a vacated storefront is under investigation by the Hampton Health District.

The mass shootings at Fort Hood in Texas is not prompting any immediate security changes at most military installations in Virginia .

Loading... A 2005 aerial view of Fort Monroe in Hampton. The Civil War Preservation Trust puts the fort on its lists of endangered and at-risk battlefields.

Officials at Fort Monroe say experts have unearthed an 11-foot-long cannon from the 1860s as part of a four-month munitions probe.

In June, petitioners gathered more than 7,300 signatures in an effort to block proposed residential development on city-owned land near Buckroe Beach Park.

"The sense I get is that it hasn't been evaluated to the extent that it should be," said Christy Everett, the foundation's Hampton Roads director.

Stories abound about ghosts and spectral comings and goings among the living at Fort Monroe in Hampton.

The ghosts at Fort Monroe are apparently not intimidated by all the serious work that goes on there.

There are plenty of ghost stories associated with historic Fort Monroe and the famous people who were stationed here or visited.

When the Army leaves Fort Monroe in 2011, the man living in the governor's mansion is going to have tremendous sway over the future of the 570-acre waterfront outpost.

Driving to and from Richmond to attend General Assembly sessions must be demoralizing for Del.

The next day, the seas were still rough after the storm but the day was crisp and clear, and with fair winds we decided to continue south.

Fort Algernoune, 1609 Celebration at Fort Monroe . 4 p.m. today. Celebration and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Anglo-America's first coastal fortification.