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First Landing

Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Near this site, the first permanent English settlers in North America first landed on American soil on April 26, 1607, before going on to make the settlement at Jamestown. The brick lighthouse was built in 1791.

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Virginia Beach, Virginia · USA

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