The Mallory Ritz

UPDATE: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU ALL WHO SIGNED UP! CONFIRMATION EMAILS GOING OUT TONIGHT (4/10/26)

Great news! 6th Annual Clean Sweep signups are officially OPEN! This year we're banding volunteers together to clean up litter across the city of Hampton, VA the morning of Saturday, April 25th, 2026!

Last year the Clean Sweep was historic. Our amazing volunteers doubled our cleanup area from the year prior, reaching 2.67 square miles (nearly 100 bags of litter was picked up in just 3 hours!). That impact proved we can do more than just one neighborhood... we can make a difference ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

So in 2026 we’re going BIG... let’s band together citywide and make the biggest impact ever! Oh, and every volunteer gets our always popular FREE COMMEMORATIVE SHIRT!

✅ Individuals/small teams: Sign up here → https://form.jotform.com/253598204591161
✅ Groups of 10+ people: Churches, civic leagues, neighborhood watches, businesses, nonprofits, etc. — you’re encouraged to volunteer together! Groups of 10+ will have their logo on the back of the Clean Sweep shirt. Sign up here → https://form.jotform.com/260396424079160

WHAT TO EXPECT: We’ll meet that morning, get supplies, and head out to clean up our city together!💪 Tag your organization, tag your friends and family, start a team text thread, and claim your spot. It's a fun and easy way to get involved in something meaningful. We can do this folks!



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The one and only Miss Sharon Davis in the garden at The Mallory Ritz!@@

Supernova International Ska Festival

Today in Hampton History
1843 - The schooner Perseverance receives its carpenter’s certificate and is enrolled at Norfolk and Portsmouth. The schooner was built on the Back River near Fox Hill by Thomas Dobbins. It was owned and sailed by William Phillips.

The Perseverance was most likely used for oystering and may have been sailed by a multi-racial crew, including enslaved sailors or oysterers. The boat was 51 feet, 40 60/95 tons, and had two masts and a square stern.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, shipyards in Hampton and Fox Hill built many schooners and other vessels used for fishing and oystering, and to transport farm produce and cargo to markets.

Image: A two-masted oyster buy-boat, probably owned by J.S. Darling, c.1900. HHM Collections.

Find more Fox Hill and seafood history in the Museum’s collections online:
https://hampton.catalogaccess.com/search?search=%22Seafood+Industry%22&includedFields=Objects%2CPhotos%2CLibrary%2CArchives%2CPeople&page=1&size=10&withImages=false

https://hampton.catalogaccess.com/advanced-search?includedFields=Objects%2CPhotos%2CArchives%2CLibrary%2CPeople%2CContainers&Geography+and+Place=%22District05--Fox+Hill%22&page=1&size=10&withImages=false

Explore more:
https://gcbsr.org/schooners/

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/enslaved-fisherman-and-mariners-in-virginia/

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030201-2003-02-01-0302010020-story.html

https://cbmm.org/tag/schooner/

https://jeffersonpatterson.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/artifacts-from-a-19th-century-chesapeake-bay-schooner/

The opening day of the Supernova International Ska Festival has officially begun! , the gateway to Fort Monroe, warmly welcomes its thousands of out-of-town visitors from all over the globe to "Little Chicago". We have an amazing little walkable town filled with charming shops, breweries, and restaurants you won't find anywhere else!

As you can see, there is some major street work going on, but it's very easy to get to Downtown Phoebus from the festival --- when coming off the Mercury Bridge over Mill Creek, take a left onto the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th streets (Curry, Hope, or Mallory) and in a couple blocks you'll find Phoebus shining its warm light. Or enter the Historic Phoebus Clock into your GPS (20 E Mellen St, Hampton, VA 23663). Enjoy your fun-filled weekend in Coastal Virginia and we'll see you on the Fort!

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The amazing Diamond Hall, Golestan Palace museum, - .