When early Americans needed a lighthouse in the late 1700s, they picked the tallest sand dune on the beach’s northernmost point and started laying down bricks. Soon the Revolutionary War began, and ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After seven months of construction, restoration on the Cape Henry Lighthouse is complete. City officials said they wanted to restore the lighthouse not only to protect it from ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A celebration of the two historic lighthouses at Cape Henry will be held Thursday, on National Lighthouse Day. Both the old and new Cape Henry lighthouses will be open to the public ...

Just north of First Landing State Park is Cape Henry Lighthouse, the first lighthouse ever authorized by Congress. The attraction still has connections with the government: It's located on the grounds ...

Built in 1792, the Cape Henry Lighthouse is not the oldest lighthouse in the country, but it is the first. Cape Henry Lighthouse "I think this one holds up because of its historical significance," ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Locals, tourists and history enthusiasts gathered at Virginia Beach's historic lighthouses on Thursday to mark National Lighthouse Day. The construction of the historic Old Cape ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before the U.S. gained independence, the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay was the entrance to our most vital trading corridor. In ...

For more than two centuries, sailors off the Virginia shores relied on pillars of light to guide them. National Lighthouse Day honors these towers of light and their historical significance Monday. In ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Cape Henry Lighthouse at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story is a local gem of strategic and historical significance, according to tour guide Riley O'Shaughnessy ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — It’s often difficult for Congress to agree on various matters. Something the very first Congress could agree on was the necessity of a lighthouse at the entrance to the ...