Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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1. York Hall (The Nelson House) 4. A British fortification 7. Inside the French Battery 10. The Moore House 2. Yorktown Monument 3. The oldest house in Yorktown 5. A French Battery 6. French and American lines 8. Embankment of the British fortification 9. The Nelson Tomb 11. Sundial in the gardens of York Ha ll 12. Grace Church

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•n Xhe Hissi One Day In October By Margaret Wilson ALF- AWAKE and sleepy-eyed we met very early one autumn morning to go on our anticipated trip to Yorktown. For once every one was on time, and we started off on the dot. Having arisen so early, some of the members saw the moon, some the morning star, while others saw the sunrise. Even a morning mist clothed the hills. Finally the nineteen of us piled into the cars, and off we went. We could not have picked a more beautiful day or time of the year for motoring. We immediately noticed the trees which were all the shades of green, yellow, orange, and red imaginable, and all during the day we were impressed with the beauties of nature. Passing by the historic battlefields around Petersburg, we went to Hopewell and to the Hopewell-Charles City Ferry, which according to a sign is “the Gateway to Colonial Virginia.” The spot at which we crossed the river was almost exactly the same place where General Grant crossed before the siege of Petersburg. From the deck of the ferry we could see some of the old colonial mansions along the river. On the left was the well-known homestead, Shirley, and after much searching, we found on the right the dim outline of Berkeley, the home of President William Henry Harrison, which was built in 1726. A little later when we were riding along, we saw one or two signs which read “Berkeley; No Trespassing,” so at least we were near it. Farther down the river but out of sight was Westover, the famous home of the Byrds. Leaving the ferry we saw several signs on the road which warned against piling wood on the highway. Since no one knew the reason for this peculiar request one of the most debated questions of the day, at least THE MISSILE Page seven