The redevelopment of Old Point Comfort Marina at Fort Monroe has been put on hold due to rising costs, with no timeline specified for when it could occur. The FMA’s long-term goal is to redevelop the ...

Even more than Monticello, Fort Monroe on Point Comfort (look right when nearing Hampton on the bridge tunnel) inherently commemorates the world’s first freedom nation’s founding. Thankfully, ...

Virginia is considering a great idea: restoring the original name of the place where the arc of the moral universe bent toward emancipation. In 1619 as “Point Comfort,” that historic landscape saw the ...

We invite you to join this visioning session and share your ideas for a vibrant and thriving future for Fort Monroe and ...

When the Army transferred the management of the storied Fort Monroe to Virginia in 2011, an early vision hinged on tapping into the fort’s real estate potential. With the property’s management — the ...

HAMPTON, Va. — A powerful moment at Fort Monroe this Fourth of July where the spirit of Independence wasn't just remembered: it was lived. Virginia leaders, including Governor Glenn Youngkin, marked ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – The Fort Monroe water tower is no more. Crews arrived early on Feb. 21 to begin the process of dismantling it, with the goal of completing the work by day’s end. A WAVY camera ...

FORT MONROE, Va. — As people gather on Saturday to commemorate 405 years since the first landing of enslaved Africans at Fort Monroe in Hampton, the event will have special significance this year. The ...

During the Civil War, Fort Monroe served as the key staging ground for Northern campaigns against Norfolk, the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Southern capital of Richmond. The Granger ...

HAMPTON, Va. — June 19, 1865 marks the day the last enslaved Black people learned they were emancipated from the Confederacy. Now a national holiday, Juneteenth offers a moment to celebrate freedom ...

The U.S. Army on Thursday handed over responsibility for managing historic Fort Monroe to Virginia, which wants to turn much of the fort's valuable land at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay into a ...