Here and Then

Hampton Roads is packed with history.  Local audiences love it.  WHRO tells it with Here and Then.

Here and Then is an award winning series of fast paced, information packed features hosted by local historian John Quarstein.  Through this series of one-minute vignettes, viewers gain a perspective about the rich history of Hampton Roads through visits to Isle of Wight County and St. Luke’s Church, Jamestown and the first settlers, Lincoln’s visit to Ft. Monroe and the first landing at Cape Henry…and more.

It’s Hampton Roads’ history brought to life.  Underwrite Here and Then and not only help support WHRO, but get your message in front of our audiences via hundreds of impressions.  Your announcement would run 20 times a week for a period of 2 years. 

Here and Then is quick, to the point, highly visual and greatly entertaining.  Its won broadcast awards for excellence.  Be part of the success!


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Here & Then:  Fort Monroe
Lincoln visits Fort Monroe and is disappointed the CSS Virginia is still dogging his fleet.  When she is sunk – Lincoln exclaims “She had been a thorn in our side for along time and now she is gone.”
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Here & Then:  Jamestown
The Virginia Company instructs Christopher Newport to find a safe harbor where they may erect a fort while keeping an eye out for the Spanish fleet.

Unfortunately , the site chosen is plagued with problems that almost caused the collapse of the settlement.
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Here & Then:  Fort Boykins
A visit to the Fort Boykins fortification reveals much about the life of the fort with its combination of Civil War and American Revolutionary history.  In one brief battle during the Civil War, the fort’s 240 years protecting the harbor was suddenly put to an end.
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Here & Then:  St. Luke’s Church
Also known as the “Old Brick Church” it is one of the finest examples of gothic architecture in North America.  
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Here & Then:  St. John’s Church
The only surviving building in the burning of Hampton during the Civil War. Confederate soldiers opted to set Hampton on fire rather that let it fall into enemy hands. 
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Here & Then:  CSS Florida 
The scourge of the seas - It sank 47 Union ships but finally met her match as a Union ship rammed and boarded her flouting international law. 
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Here & Then:  CSS Shenandoah
“You lying Yankee scoundrels!”  The cry from the captain of the CSS Shenandoah as he learned the Civil War was over. 
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Here & Then:  CSS Tennessee
Franklin Buchanan takes control of the CSS Tennessee as she guards Mobile Bay.  The Tennessee is attached by 5 Union ships.  The ship is brought to the James River and is part of the James River squadron that blocks the Hampton Roads harbor. 
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Here & Then: CSS Atlanta 
The CSS Atlanta is one of the most powerful of the Confederate’s Ironclads.  She runs aground on a shoal and is helpless as two Union Ironclads pound the CSS Atlanta. 
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Here & Then:  The Williamsburg Powder Magazine
In the early dawn of  1775 where the first sparks of the American Revolution struck.  Lord Dunmore was already on alert after Patrick Henry’s speech of “Give me liberty or give me death.”  Lord Dunmore ‘s men slipped into the Powder Magazine in Williamsburg and made off with 10 barrels of gunpowder.
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Here & Then:  Williamsburg Wheelwrite Shop
Wheels were a very important part of early Colonial life.  When your wheel broke, you had to come to the Wheelwrite shop. 
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Here & Then:  Tuskegee Airmen
Located in the Virginia War Museum’s African American exhibit.  Davis was the first black man to graduate from West Point.  He led his men of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. 
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Here & Then:  African Americans in WWII. 
Camp Alexander formed part of Hampton Roads port of deportation.  Camp Alexander was made up of only African American soldiers. 
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Here & Then: Fort Monroe
Looking out upon the Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe is re-designed as the largest moat encircled stone fortification in North America.  It will be knows as the Gibraltar of the Chesapeake.
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Here & Then:  The Casemate
The very cell where former confederate General Davis will be incarcerated.  Although he is never brought to trial, he is not released until the War is over.
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Here & Then:  Old Quarters # 1
Lincoln slept here!  Benjamin Franklin Butler declares that escaped slaves are declared contraband of war.  This decision will begin the evolution of the Civil War.
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Here & Then:  Chamberlain
The Chamberlain Hotel is the last of the grand hotels that stood here at Old Point Comfort.  It burned in 1921 and was rebuilt in 1929.
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