Newport News 1919: A City Built By War

A CNU-Virginia War Museum Collaboration

English 304, Spring 2024

April 22, 2024

Please visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/12oL_4vssQI2znDgZtzFM-82OpRbgTw8O/view?ts=662ba6a8&pli=1 to watch Sophie Garner's four-minute documentary about this project, "A City Built by War"

1919 | | 2024

Interactive Map of Newport News in 1919, with story content from the Virginia War Museum archives

Class Map for Presentation

English 304 at the Newport News Victory Arch, March 2024

English 304 Students Exploring Newport News History

Virginia War Museum

Visit us Virginia War Museum American military history unfolds at the Virginia War Museum. Collections of artifacts, weapons, vehicles, uniforms, and posters trace the development of the United States military from 1775 to the present. Galleries include Women at War, Marches Toward Freedom, and Visions of War, the museum's extensive propaganda poster collection.

https://newportnewshistory.org

Anna Teekell

Community-Engaged Course Name: English 304W: Creativity and Conflict - Literature of The Great War Community Partner: Virginia War Museum Course Description: English 304W in Spring 2024 forged a unique partnership with the Virginia War Museum to deepen our literary studies of WWI with archival research on the WWI history of Newport News.

https://cnuengage.org