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National Train Day CelebrationEnjoy a day of railroad fun and history with operating interactive model layouts, costumed railroad characters, historical displays, family friendly activities (music, crafts, games), giveaways, station and caboose tours, merchandise vendors and a food truck. New this year, we’re partnering with the Historic Boxwood Inn which will offer tours and a light lunch. Tickets are available here.
Explore with Your Library Card! DayNewport News Historic Services is pleased to join Tidewater Area Public Libraries for the 2024 Explore with Your Library Card campaign. Visitors who have library cards for any library in Hampton Roads (public or academic) receive free admission to participating cultural institutions! Visit the Newsome House Museum on Saturday, May 11 with your library card to redeem your free admission. Look out for free admission days with your library card at our other museums coming up soon!
Remembering Collis P. HuntingtonThe Warwick County Historical Society presents Newport News historian and author J. Michael Moore, who will give an expose on Collis Huntington: merchant, railroader and builder, and founder of the modern city of Newport News. Huntington (1821-1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was on one of the Big Four of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah’s idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
Oil on canvas of Collis Huntington by Herbert Bohnert, 1957; courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Anna Hyatt Huntington
Armed Forces Day Celebration and ConcertCelebrate our Armed Forces with military displays and activities on the lawn in front of the Virginia War Museum from noon to 4pm and a concert from US Fleet Forces Band from 4pm to 5pm. The Virginia War Museum will be open with free admission all day in appreciation of the service of our military members! We will have a food truck so bring your picnic blanket or chairs and stay all afternoon.
