Norfolk

I am writing to apply for the Library Associate II position with the Norfolk Public Library. This letter is a summary of my professional work experience and my educational experience. This position and the opportunity for advancement are enticing, and my work experience along with my education make me an ideal candidate for this position. I have over nine years of paid and volunteer library work experience. Additionally, I began my library career as a volunteer Library Aide, and now I am a…

Henrietta Blondell Smith Malone was born July 15, 1940, in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Charles Henry and Margaret Smith. The loss of her biological mother at ten years of age to cancer jump-started a drive like none other. Reared during an era where education was ingrained to guarantee a better way of life, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Booker T. Washington High School in the Illustrious Class of 1958. Continuing her quest for knowledge; she received full-ride scholarships to Hampton…

The yellow fever epidemic of 1855 was not an unusual outbreak in the area of Norfolk and Portsmouth. In fact, Norfolk’s yellow fever epidemic of 1855 was one of the greatest tragedies in Norfolk and Portsmouth history (McPhillips, 2005). The citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth were faced with hardships associated with yellow fever due to poor sanitation, impoverishment, and climate conditions in relation to the disease. Many people during the nineteenth century were familiar with the symptoms of…

Virginia led into the most critical battle for American independence (Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways-Project). The Great Bridge which was fought on had a narrow 100-150 ft span and was strategically important as it was on the main road connecting Norfolk to North Carolina(History). Before this battle Patriots and…

The cultural event that I visited was the Chrysler Museum of Art located in Norfolk, Virginia on July 31, 2016. Before the museum was named the Chrysler Museum of Art it was the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. Walter Chrysler, Jr. came to Norfolk, Virginia in 1971, bringing with him, collections of art in the thousands. Walter Chrysler, Jr. contributions to the museum are among many other artists that have contributed to the museum as well. This was not known when I entered the museum.…

In mid-November, 1943 after conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises in Casco Bay, the destroyer U.S.S. Turner left the waters of Maine and steamed south to Norfolk, Va. It would be the last time the ship would ever sail into Casco Bay. Upon arriving at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, TURNER was ordered to escort duty for its third trans-Atlantic convoy of the war. Although it was TURNER’s third trip across the Atlantic, for some of the crew it was their first. Among those of the ship’s…

of Piracy Benjamin Hornigold was one of the 18th-century pirates, along with his many projects he started ( History of Humanity). He was a famous pirate possibly out of the English country Norfolk. It is not confirmed where he was born, but latest discoveries lead to historians thinking he came from Norfolk. Ben was born in 1680 and died 1719. He died at the age of thirty nine by getting captured near Havana in the spring of 1718. Ben was known to have died by captivity. His first act of…

Raynham Hall is a palatial estate located in Norfolk, England. It is supposedly haunted by a ghost known as the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. This spirit was seen by King George IV. She was given this name because of the brown brocade dress she was seen wearing. Back in 1936 the Brown Lady became famous after a photographer from Country Life magazine could her in a snapshot floating down the staircase at Raynham Hall. It is thought that she is Dorothy Walpole who was the sister of Great…

Melina I use to believe the extreme opposite of this. Change was something I feared, something I loathed, and something I was never willing to accept. Just a year ago, I lived in my hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. I went to a high school that I loved that was walking distance from my home. I thought Norfolk was great. It was all I had ever known. The seasons, the weather, the smell of fall and winter that rolled around every year, it was my home. I was popular in school, always surrounded by my…

school and enrolled in Norfolk State University as a Social Work Major. At the same time I worked as a clerk in the Personnel Office at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. My life was looking up and I was happy. I begin to get restless and I started studying astrology and the stars. The heaven and the stars were still fascinated me. My life had now grown to include a husband and a baby. My husband was in the United States Navy. His ship was leaving Norfolk, VA and was to…