***HISTORIC PENINSULA***
THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA IS PART OF THE HISTORIC AREA THAT STARTED AMERICA.~
JAMESTOWN IS THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTELMENT IN AMERICA.
WILLIAMSBURG SERVED AS THE HISTORIC COLONIAL CAPITAL.~
YORKTOWN IS WHERE THE US WON INDEPENDANCE WITH THE BRITISH SURRENDER IN OCTOBER 1781.~
HAMPTON IS THE OLDEST CONTINOUS ENGLISH SPEAKING SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA ~
HAMPTON HAD THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN AMERICA ~ THE FIRST LIBRARY ~ WAS THE FIRST HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ASTRONAUTS OF NASA AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE ~
HAMPTON HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FROM 1610-2007 ~
THE AREA HAMPTON ROADS IS THE 7 LARGEST CITIES ON THE PENINSULA AND THE NORTHSIDE. ~HOME
TO THE LARGEST MILITARY POPULATION IN THE WORLD ~ THE WORLD'S LARGEST NAVAL BASE~
TOTAL PENINSULA POPULATION IS 500,000 ~ HAMPTON ROADS 3 MILLION ~
"America's FIRST REGION"