Hampton Roads -- made up of the cities of Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake -- is the east coast epicenter of military activity. Along with a huge Navy footprint the ...

and how it was commandeered by the U.S. government in 1918 to build Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown. The event is $5, but museum members can get in for free. A look at life in Olde Hampton ...