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Bermuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In addition, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act enacted by the United States against its trading partners in 1930 cut off Bermuda's once-thriving agricultural export trade - primarily fresh vegetables to the US - spurring the overseas territory to develop its tourist industry, which is second behind international business in terms of economic importance to the island. Bermuda, as offshore domicile of many foreign companies, has a highly developed economy focused on international business and tourism. Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean roughly 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and roughly 590 nautical miles (1093 kilometers) southeast of Martha's Vinyard. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bermuda   (2391 words)

Bermuda Travel Guide Fodor's Online In the War of 1812, Bermuda was the staging post for the British fleet's attack on Washington, D.C. When Britain faced a national crisis in 1940, it gave the United States land on Bermuda to build a naval air station in exchange for ships and supplies. Bermuda is somewhat formal, and despite the gorgeous weather, residents wearing stockings and heels or, for men, jackets, ties, Bermuda shorts, and knee socks are a common sight, whether on the street by day or in restaurants at night. In 1775 Bermuda was secretly persuaded to give gunpowder to George Washington in return for the lifting of a trade blockade that threatened the island with starvation. fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=bermuda@29&...   (697 words)

Nature Conservation in Bermuda The Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow, and the Bermuda white-eyed vireo Vireo griseus bermudianus are endemic to Bermuda. Bermuda is situated in the western Atlantic Ocean (32°N, 64°W) approximately 917 km from the coast of North Carolina in the USA. Bermuda is densely populated and only small areas of natural habitat survive, for example at Paget and Devonshire marsh, and the upland hills of Castle Harbour and Walsingham. www.tamug.edu /cavebiology/BeCKIS/overseas.htm   (5019 words)

Bermuda - Wikitravel The only airport in Bermuda is Bermuda International Airport. Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for the infant British colony of Virginia. Bermuda is a self-governing British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North America, east of North Carolina. wikitravel.org /en/Bermuda   (2128 words)

National Trusts worldwide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty — England, Wales and Northern Ireland Many countries have an organisation called The National Trust or something similar. The Queen Elizabeth II National Trust — New Zealand (open spaces) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_National_Trust   (173 words)

Bermuda historical archaeology Bermuda was the location of one of the first English permanent overseas settlements in the New World, just a few years after the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Bermuda - also known then as the Somers Islands - developed during the 17th century, and a great deal of documentary evidence survives for the early history of Bermuda. The project is based in the 17th century town of St George, Bermuda - a key location in the development of the Atlantic world of the 17th and 18th centuries. www.bris.ac.uk /Depts/Archaeology/fieldschools/fieldschool/bermuda   (580 words)

Bermuda National Trust Museum The Bermuda National Trust offer a combination ticket for $10 which allows entrance to the Bermuda National Trust Museum, the Tucker House Museum and the Verdmont Museum. The Bermuda National Trust Museum is housed in one of Bermuda’s oldest stone buildings. Bermuda was a staging post for cotton shipments to England from Confederate ports such as Wilmington, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. www.bermuda4u.com /Attractions/bermuda_attractions_bermuda_national_trust_museum.html   (170 words)

Experience Bermuda - Official Website of the Bermuda Hotel Association Many of the Trusts historic buildings are open to the public: The Bermuda National Trust Museum at the Globe Hotel, The Old Rectory, Tucker House Museum, and the Unfinished Church in St. George’s; Verdmont Museum in Smith’s; and Waterville in Paget. The Bermuda National Trust, a membership-based charitable organization was established to preserve Bermuda’s natural, architectural and historic treasures and to encourage public appreciation of them. In Bermuda you are surrounded by history; history that unfolds around each corner of the quaintly-named streets and in the buildings that have stood for centuries. www.experiencebermuda.com /history/heritage.html   (515 words)

Bermuda National Trust The Bermuda National Trust was founded in 1970 to help preserve Bermuda’s natural, historic and architectural treasures and to encourage public interest in them. Many of the Trust’s properties are open to the public free of charge, decorated for the occasion and feature music and dance performances. Recently renovated in 2004, the Coco Reef Bermuda is a beachfront resort located on the popular South Shore, famous for its long stretches of beautiful pink sand and azure waters. www.bermuda4u.com /Directory/bermuda_national_trust.html   (231 words)

About Us The Bermuda National Trust Awards are presented annually to individuals, organizations, groups and schools who have worked for the benefit of Bermuda and its people, to preserve places of beauty or historical interest, buildings, artifacts, lands and animal and plant life, and to promote their appreciation. The Bermuda Monarch Conservancy (BMC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Bermuda's monarch butterfly colony and to the promotion of environmental awareness and education in the community. The Monarch Groves of Bermuda are landmarks of the island's natural heritage - and a lively focal point for locals and visitors. www.bermudamonarch.org   (1223 words)

Bermuda National Trust - Bermuda Yellow Pages Online The Bermuda National Trust is a charity, established in 1970 to preserve natural, architectural and historic treasures and to encourage public appreciation of them. In the National Trust’s care are 70 properties, covering 250 acres and representing much of the best of Bermuda’s heritage – a rich variety of traditional historic houses, islands, gardens, cemeteries, nature reserves and coastline. Be sure to see the video presentation, Bermuda: Centre of the Atlantic, featuring rarely-seen paintings and documents and telling the story of Bermuda and the forces which shaped her history. www.bermudayp.com /exp-attr-bnationaltrust.html   (630 words)

Royal Gazette It is not surprising, therefore, that he understands, and is solidly behind, the Bermuda National Trust’s ongoing mission to record for posterity, parish by parish, what he calls “precious pieces of Bermuda’s architecture and landscape heritage”. Thus, another purpose of the National Trust’s “parish series” is to help readers to understand that Bermuda’s historical, architectural and social evolution are intrinsically bound together. Chappell, in his foreword to ‘Smith’s Parish’, notes that the National Trust’s evolution into Bermuda’s largest landowner reflects the change in international perspective on preservation. www.theroyalgazette.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051213/LIFESTYLE/112130190   (1146 words)

Is Nat. Trust too tight with the bank? On October 20, the Bank of Bermuda filed plans for the redeveloped building with the Department of Planning, which included a written statement from the National Trust expressing its support for a design that others say contravenes planning regulations and which the Development Applications Board will almost certainly have to reject for that reason. The Bermuda Sun was told this week by a Trust member who is outraged by the Trust’s decision not to fight the development, that the Trust “folded their hands, got spun a yarn and went with it.” Earlier this week, two former Trust presidents David L. White and Patsy Phillips said it was a mistake for the Trust to write a letter of support for the project before it went to planning. bermudasun.bm /main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=49&ArticleID=27725   (748 words)

Royal Gazette Bermuda's parks and harbours are too precious to be overdeveloped, according to The Bermuda National Trust. Director of the Bermuda National Trust, Steve Conway, said the Trust was questioning talks of building a new hospital on park land and irreversibly altering shipping channels for mega-cruise ships. While he said no responsible organisation would dispute the importance of Bermuda's national healthcare system or dismiss the role that cruise ships play in the vital tourism sector, the Trust was still left to ask the question: "At what cost?" www.theroyalgazette.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050617/NEWS/106170119   (495 words)

template Bermuda currently has a policy to restrict visiting cruise ship passengers to 6000 a day, but this policy is often violated and set to expire in 2000. The concern to Bermuda is the threat to fish, marine life, reefs, and water quality from the dumping of waste products from these ships, as well as the leaching of antifouling paint from the boats' hulls. The most pressing concern to the environmental well-being of Bermuda is the growing cruise ship industry's impact on the island. darwin.bio.uci.edu /~sustain/h90/Bermuda.htm   (457 words)

Bermuda - Heritage Passport Located in the heart of Hamilton, the Bermuda National Gallery displays critically-acclaimed art collections in the elegant environs of the City Hall and Arts Centre. Bermuda's rich marine history comes alive at the 19th-Century Roayl Naval Dockyard, where the museum sits inside the Island's largest fort. See dioramas of Bermuda's early history, wander through the artillery magazines, explore the ramparts and view artifacts, weapons and even replicas of the British Crown Jewels. www.bermudaescapes.com /heritage   (477 words)

Travel: Patiently preserving Bermuda The Bermuda National Trust Museum, opposite St. Peters Church in St. George, features a highly regarded exhibit on the island's involvement in the United States's Civil War. Largely because of trust advocacy, the "Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications" was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000, underlining the efforts at preserving island history. Bermuda comes across like this, a place of such beauty and competence that its natural and human history seems unblemished. www.sptimes.com /News/110401/Travel/Patiently_preserving_.shtml   (1698 words)

Tucker House Bermuda Sights & Activities Fodor's Online Travel Guide Through the courtyard is the Bermuda National Trust's archaeological exhibit, which contains some of the artifacts discovered in its excavations. $3; $5 combination ticket includes admission to Bermuda National Trust Museum in the Globe Hotel and Verdmont. Today, the beautifully preserved home is maintained, owned, and lovingly preserved as a museum by the Bermuda National Trust. www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=bermuda@29&cur_section=sig&property_id=116375   (374 words)

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Queen Elizabeth II National Trust for Open Spaces in New Zealand The Trust will strive to ensure that all significant natural areas in private ownership in Victoria are conserved. This is a datbase that can search the names and Statements of Significance of the 17,000 places nationwide on the Register of the National Estate, as well as the 5000 or so places on all the State Government heritage registers. www.nattrust.com.au /info.asp?pg=links   (193 words)

Tucker House, Bermuda Tucker House has been open as a museum since 1953, when it was acquired by the National TrustÃs predecessor, the Bermuda Historical Monuments Trust. Tucker House was built in the mid-18th century, and of the three Trust museums, is the most typical of early Bermudian house construction. The house is furnished in the period of Henry Tucker’s tenure, and contains many of the Tucker family artifacts, from furnishings to portraits and silver. www.museumregister.com /Bermuda/TuckerHouse.html   (300 words)

Paget Marsh Field Guide It is managed jointly as a nature reserve by the Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust. With the assistance of volunteers from the National Trust, Dr Wingate removed wild guavas, marlberry, Chinese fan palm, pittosporum, and Brazil pepper, and, as space was created, endemic and native species flourished anew. The marsh is dominated by the last remaining forest of endemic Bermuda Palmetto and Bermuda Cedar. www.bbsr.edu /Education/field_guides/paget_marsh/paget_marsh.html   (505 words)

The National Trust for Scotland - USA Membership The National Trust for Scotland is a charity (No. SC 007410) and depends for its support on the subscriptions of its members, donations and legacies. Mailings from The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA with up-to-the-minute news of events in the USA and elsewhere. Scotland in Trust, the Trust’s high quality magazine packed with news and features and mailed to you three times per year directly from Scotland www.nts.org.uk /web/site/home/support/FoundationUSA/FoundationUSA_Membership.asp?NavPage=1455&NavId=2294   (219 words)

BERMUDA We also donate some to Government and to the Bermuda National Trust for parks and public gardens. Since Bermuda is an island about 700 miles from the U.S. coastline in the Atlantic Ocean, remote from other influences, it has been called a living museum of roses. The Society meets monthly from October through May, usually on the first Friday of the month at the Horticultural Hall in the Bermuda Botanical Gardens in Paget. www.worldrose.org /countries/bermuda.html   (171 words)

National Trust Museum Walk down Water Street to King's Square; turn left to the Bermuda National Trust Museum. The Museum also features a video, 'Bermuda, Centre of the Atlantic', a brief histroy of the island. During the American Civil War the building housed the offices of Confederate agent, Major Norman Walker and the exhibit tells the fascinating tale of Bermuda's role in this war. www.stgeorgesfoundation.com /pages/tour12.html   (70 words)

Bermuda.com Newsletter: Calendar of Events The Bermuda National Trust organizes guided tours for children and parents leaving every 15 minutes from the Eastern Parking Lot. FEBRUARY 8 - 8.30am-Noon - "Waterville", Paget, headquarters of The Bermuda National Trust. Enquiries: Bermuda National Trust, tel.(441) 236-6483, fax (441)236-0617, e-mail palmetto@bnt.bm or www.bnt.bm. www.imakenews.com /bermudacom/e_article000124336.cfm   (821 words)

Entries starting with R Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Society of the Arts. Bermuda Society of Arts, Bermuda National Gallery, Dockyard Arts Centre, Bermuda National Trust. Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society, Bermuda Arts Centre, Bermuda National Trust. www.whoiswho.bm /main3.php?browse=R   (1461 words)

Bermuda.com Newsletter: New Trust book covers Hamilton Parish The Bermuda National Trust has published the latest in its superb Architectural Heritage series. She will be giving a free "Meet the author" presentation at the Bermuda National Gallery on December 4 (12.30-1.30) and in the evening (6.30) there will be a dramatised reading from the book. Queen of Bermuda & Furness Bermuda Line, by Bermudian writer Piers Plowman and marine artist Stephen Card, is published by the Bermuda Maritime Museum Press and charts the history of the fondly-remembered ship. www.imakenews.com /bermudacom/e_article000111238.cfm   (322 words)

Bermuda Books Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616 to 1782. Bermuda in the 1930s - in the tranquil days before the arrival of the automobile (1948) and construction of the Harrington Sound Road. During Prohibition, Bermuda was one of the notorious suppliers of illegal rum to the USA. www.bermuda-online.org /books1.htm   (5536 words)

Waterville Museum, Bermuda It is now The Bermuda National Trust’s headquarters set in beautifully planted gardens and a small park. It is now the headquaters of the National trust Gardens: The rose garden is planted and maintained by the Bermuda Rose Society as a showcase for Bermuda roses and The Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Memorial Garden. www.museumregister.com /Bermuda/Waterville.html   (143 words)

A Limey In Bermuda: April 2005 Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 21 April 2005 One of the most surprising things to emerge during Bermuda’s independence debate is the number of Bermudians who have said that they don’t have a sense of national pride. When the Bank of Bermuda was sold to HSBC last year, I was one of those in favour of the deal. One of the most fascinating things I've seen in Bermuda is the huge satellite photograph of the Island on display at the Aquarium. www.limeyinbermuda.com /latest_news/2005/04   (1331 words)

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