A soggy groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday morning marked the kickoff for impending construction of the much-anticipated historical park at Fort Nonsense in Mathews County.
It was the culmination of 10 years of focused work for the Mathews County Historical Society and the group of members who conceived of the project and are seeing it through to its conclusion.
Those members were Carlton Brooks, Frank Lansinger, Steve Whiteway, Pete Jennette and Earl Soles, said the society’s president, Reed Lawson, adding that the project was also guided by the efforts of the organization’s past presidents, Steve Wilson, Stu Allen, Terry Pletcher and Doug Wilton.
"Our thanks to them for their perseverance and tenacity, their time and energies to make this day happen," said Lawson. "Our thanks to the county for accepting Fort Nonsense and to VDOT and Land Studio for creating this perfect gateway historical park."
Land Studio is the design and engineering company that developed an...
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