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Upcoming Events

March 2nd General Meeting

Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads Nike Missiles - The Cold War in our Backyard

Community United Methodist Church, 1072 Old Kempsville Road, VB 23464

Free and Open to the Public

2:30 pm

Shortly after World War II, the United States entered into a nuclear arms race with the USSR. Each country amassed huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons with enough power to destroy the other. The ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation had a great impact on American domestic life. Many people built bomb shelters in their backyards. They practiced "duck and cover" drills in schools and other public places. The 1950s and 1960s saw a flood of popular films that horrified moviegoers with depictions of nuclear devastation and mutant creatures. In these and other ways, the Cold War was a constant presence in Americans’ everyday lives. Historian Patrick Hannum has conducted extensive research on local defensive facilities that were active for a decade beginning in 1955. 

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Second Saturdays Past

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Writing with a Quill Pen

Some of the Programs Hosted by the PAC/VB Historical Society Over the Years

  • Virginia Beach History through Postcards

  • Skirmish at James Plantation

  • Jefferson's Paradox", by Dr. Timothy O'Rourk

  • The History of the Lesner Bridge

  • The architectural dig at Upper Wolfsnare, by Dr. Norma Barka

  •  Archeology at Jamestown, by William Kelso

  •  The preservation Alliance of Virginia, by David Brown

  •  The Story of Cape Henry, by Dr. Robert Albertson

  •  The contribution of George Mason, by Dr. Robert Hawkes

  •  The Restoration of Pleasant Hall, by Neal Kellam

  •  A Personal Diary of the Wilson Administration, by Nancy Lloyd Arthur

  •  Princess Anne County Foods, by Mary Reid Barrow

  •  Camp Ashby, by Harold Heischober

  •  The CCC in Princess Anne County

  • Union Kempsville Museum Tour

  •  The Centennial of the Munden Point Railroad

  •  The Pleasant Ridge School, by Dr. Lin Logan

  •  Dating Historical Buildings, by Mary Ruffin Hanbury

  •  The Contribution of Women's Organizations in Princess Anne County

  •  The Centennial of Telephone Service in Princess Anne County

  •  Princess Anne County After the Civil War, by Dr. Tommy Bogger

  •  Recreation of an 18th Century Election, held at Upper Wolfsnare

  •  The 1963 Merger, by Barbara Henley

  •  The Centennial of Municipal Government in Virginia Beach

  •  1904 Efforts at Auto Racing Along Virginia Beach

  • Knotts Island Indian Artifacts

  • Virginia Beach Airport Museum Tour

  • "Eye Witness to History" , World War II, by Anne Henry

  • 150 Years of Princess Anne County Public Education

  • "Too Much History", by journalist Paul Clancy

  • "How are we Teaching History", by Lannah Hughes

  • The Influence of Currituck Inlet on Princess Anne County

  • African-American Churches in Princess Anne County

  • Grover Cleveland, the President Who Loved Back Bay

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