Seatack, Virginia is located in Princess Anne County and is now part of the Oceanfront resort strip and adjacent area of ​​the Virginia Beach independent city. The Seatack Community in Virginia Beach encompasses the hinterland of resorts along Virginia Beach Boulevard today. Seatack Elementary School is located nearby on Birdneck Road. The 1903 Seatack Station of the United States Lifesaving Service is now the Old Coast Guard Station Museum located on 24th street adjacent to the boardwalk.
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Seatack is named because it is a point on the rural beaches of Princess Anne County where the public is the target of cannonballs that were fired from British ships and where troops came ashore during the attacks in the 1812 War. The expanse of isolated coastal shores became known as "Sea Attack" and gradually shortened to "Sea 'ttack", and then, finally, only "Seatack". Seatack was the location of the first "resort" resort in 1884 opened after a 19-mile-long narrow railway built from Norfolk in 1883. Renovated in 1888 and renamed "Princess Anne Hotel", a large block 2 wooden facility block, which attracts tourists from a considerable distance.
In 1891, when guests watched the hotel, surfers from Seatack station of the Lifesaving Service of the United States were involved in the Norwegian Dictator's wood skin rescue that ran aground near the 37-day road. Seven lives were lost, including the Captain's wife and little boy, leading to the Norwegian Lady's funeral and some local legends.
At some point in the early 1900s, the name Seatack became more specifically applied to the area to the west of the coast, the oldest black free neighborhood in Princess Anne County. Legend has it that blacks are allowed to settle in this area because white people do not see the future value of swampy land. Blacks not only settle in this area but also thrive there. Blacks living in the area called Seatack made many historical achievements in separate areas of Princess Anne, which included raising money to build a school for their children (ie, Anne County Women's Training School - 1938), starting a fire station ( Seatack Fire). Station) because the black neighborhood is not served by city fire and rescue, building a church (Mount Olive Baptist, St. Stephens COGIC) to worship at and community centers/daycare.
In 1915, the United States Exploration Service became Coast Guard of the United States. The station at Seatack (built in 1903 to replace the previous structure) is now a museum on road 24 adjacent to the Virginia Beach boardwalk. The life-saving history along the coastline of the Atlantic Tomb is commemorated at the Old Coast Guard Station Museum which features the artefacts of the Dictatorship ship, featuring lifelong lifesaving equipment, educational programs. The museum also has a webcam showing Internet users a similar view to life-saving crew members over 100 years ago. [1]
The Seatack Coast Guard Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
There is another Coast Guard Station located on Little Island. Located south of Sandbridge, the city is owned by City of Virginia Beach. However, the Small Island Coast Guard Station is not open to the public.
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References
Internet
- US. Coast Guard History
- Virginia Beach Online
Books
- William O. Foss Norwegian Woman and Wreck of Dictator . Virginia Beach, Virginia: Noreg Books, 2002. ISBN: 0-9721989-0-3.
External links
- Geographic coordinates: 36Ã, Â ° 50? 26? N 75 Â ° 59? 49? W (click for Seatack, Virginia) satellite map and photo
- Old Coast Guard Station in Virginia Beach, official website
- Virginia Beach History, Old Coast Guard Station webpage
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