022707 VB 20071
Virginia Beach 2007 Update
Mac Rawls, Chairman
Virginia Beach 2007
February 27, 2007
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It Began Here
Cape Henry to Jamestown Settlers –Plymouth Rock to Pilgrims
Big difference: The landing at Cape Henry took place 13 years
before the one at Plymouth Rock –a fact many people don’t
seem to know
Cape Henry in Virginia Beach is where events began that would
later give birth to the United States.
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Virginia Beach 2007 Events:
Getting Involved and Getting the Word Out
Cooperative Marketing/PR
–VB 2007, Virginia Beach Convention &
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Visitors Bureau and Contemporary Art Center of Virginia pooled efforts for
greatest marketing and public relations impact
Cooperation with the state
–Virginia Beach was one of the 19 original
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Jamestown 2007 community program participants and one of Jamestown
2007’s signature events
Participation in regional Journey Up the James
–Regional event promoting
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Jamestown explorations that occurred April 26-May 13, 1607
Participation in Jamestown Godspeed Sail Tourism promotion
–Six-port
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city tour of Northeastern U.S. promoting Jamestown 2007
National Mediaand Marketing
–All events are being promoted by the
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VBCVB national marketing and public relations efforts
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VBFun.comSitelet
Promoting VB2007
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Happenings in Virginia Beach
in Honor of 2007
VB 2007 Lecture Series
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? Prominent authors discuss early
Jamestown history –free and open to public
400 Historical Facts About Virginia Beach
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? Publication for
schools and libraries
Preservation Priority List of 50 Most Historical Structures
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in Virginia Beach
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Publication of structures identified by local
historical authorities
Community Roots Program
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? Encouraging Virginia Beach
community organizations to compile their histories and list themon a
common Web site
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Happenings in Virginia Beach
in Honor of 2007
Virginia Beach School Board Resolution
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? School
instruction to emphasize Virginia Beach 2007 from March 19-
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Virginia Beach Schools Curriculum Packages
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Virginia Beach First Landing Student Art Exhibit –
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Students entering artwork to be featured at Norfolk International
Airport, LynnhavenMall and the CACV in April
Virginia Beach Legends Walk
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? Virginia Beach school
students choosing special inductee honoring 2007
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Happenings in Virginia Beach
in Honor of 2007
Virginia Beach 2007 Legacy Projects -
? Projects recognized
by VB 2007 as having lasting economic, cultural, or ecological
benefits:
The Virginia Beach Convention Center
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LynnhavenRiver 2007
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Adam ThoroughgoodHouse Renovations
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Facility improvements at First Landing State Park
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The SandlerCenter for Performing Arts
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Happenings in Virginia Beach
in Honor of 2007
100Anniversary of Virginia Beach
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? Celebration held in
2006 to commemorate establishment of Virginia Beach
exhibit at Contemporary Arts
By Our Heirs Forever
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Center of Virginia
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Provides contemporary artists’
interpretation of Magna Carta
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The Virginia Beach 2007 Craft Market
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Produced at the
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Virginia Beach Convention Center by the Events Management Group
Virginia Beach Garden Tour 2007
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Produced by the Princess
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Anne and Virginia Beach Garden Clubs
The First Landing
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A film produced by Regent University,
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recounting the hardships and spiritual importance of the First Landing
as seen through the eyes of Reverend Robert Hunt –airing on MSNBC
Family Channel on April 30
The Assembly
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program of prayer and services on the
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Boardwalk on April 29, projected to attract thousands of visitors,
produced by One Nation Under God Inc.
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Happenings in Virginia Beach
in Honor of 2007
Discover the New World: 1607–2007 –
? Year-long series of
programs/lectures produced by Public Libraries
Henry Towne –
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A reconstructed village at
Ft. Story, produced by the
First Landing Foundation,
featuring Native American
dwellings and early 1600 English houses
First Landing Pageant
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? A pageant depicting the First
Landing and its impact upon both the Native Americans and the
founding of the new colony, also produced by the First Landing
Foundation
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Virginia Beach 2007 Core Events
Magna Carta& Four Foundations of Freedom
March 30 –June 18:
Exhibition at
the Contemporary Art Center of
Virginia showcasing the Magna
Carta, an early broadside of the
Declaration of Independence, notes
from the first drafting of the U.S.
Constitutionand the Virginia
Declaration of Rights, and a printed
Emancipation Proclamation signed
by Abraham Lincoln
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Virginia Beach 2007 Core Events
April 26: First Landing Reenactments
•Three Jamestown ships
•Reconstructed Indian village
•Reenactments of the First Landing
at First Landing State Park
(Program repeated on April 27 for
school groups)
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Virginia Beach 2007 Core Events
April 27: LynnhavenRiver
Exploration
Educational exhibits and programs at
LynnhavenRiver Boat Ramp followed by
State of the River address and luncheon
April 28: Boardwalk History
Festival
Fifteen blocks of exhibits about local
Virginia Beach history and institutions,
plus entertainment and historical
demonstrations
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Virginia Beach 2007 Core Events
April 29: Cape Henry Commemoration Ceremony
A reenactment ceremony of the
historical claim of the
Jamestown settlers to the New
World, to be held at Fort Story
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Questions?
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