Carter Hall (LSD 50) - Naval Cruise Book

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if Tl' 1 ' ' 2 CARTER HALL HISTORY 74 CAREERCOUNSELORS CORNER 98 NAVIADMIN 4 OFFICIAL PHOTOS 81 DUBAI 99 DECK 40 OUR MISSION 84 ROTA 100 ENGINEERING 42 HOA OPS 86 CI-IAPLAIN'S CORNER 102 OPERATIONS 54 PALERMO 88 NENWBORNS 104 SUPPLY 56 SEYCHELLES 90 DC OLYMPICS 105 WARD ROOM 58 CROSSING THE LINE 93 HOME COMING 106 CPO MESS 60 BAHRAIN 62 BURIAL QSEA 65 AWARDS 69 FREEDOM RUN 72 FLIGHT DECK FOLLIES FQ, ,mal I I ,L,D

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ig? THE, CAM1-LE HALL ESTATE L0 Sim Mal. fthe . Winchester, Vlfglnla Cnear Shenandoah Valleyj SS Carter Hall CLSD .503 honors the name of the Virginia Estate that is steeped in American history. ColonaNathan Burwell of Carter's Grove built his country mansion 8000 acres in the lower Shenandoah Valley nearthe present town of Winchester house took two years to build. 1790 -1792, and Burwell named it after his great-grandfather King Carter. He chose a commanding site ina grovenear a good spring. The clearing foi btulding' still .left at fine body of oakyand. wahiut timber, which remains today. The panoramic of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the'Shenandoah- River Valley still thrills visitors. mansion was used alternatively as a headquarters for Union and the Confederate troops during Civil War. The family silver and othervaluableswere hidden in a secret spacebetween the root ceihng of a single-story wing to escape theft. ' 7 i p 7 T U V donated two acres of his landlfor a chapel where several inotables were buried Among those to rest are Edmond Randolph, the first AttorneylGeneral ofthe United States 'novehsi John Cooke, and the poet Philip Pendleton Cooke. ' i ' i' f ' ? education and training program '51 71: - Q- -. L 'LSE F -' - Q- - V .-4-- 1977 Carter Hall was acquired by the People+to4People Health Foundation Inc fOr P1'OjSQ'E H'Q'p6-pQTQiday,-Catterilialliisthe headquarters for Project Hope's woildwide