Burning of Norfolk
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burning-of-norfolk-196-3575429
title:
Burning of Norfolk
text:
The Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred on January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, began shelling the town, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Loyalist population had fled, was occupied by Patriot forces from Virginia and North Carolina. Although the Patriots worked to drive off the British landing parties, they did nothing to impede the progress of t
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1776 incident during the American Revolutionary War involving Royal Navy ships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Norfolk
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2024-02-08T13:12:55Z
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