the exposition was held here in norfolk and celebrated the 300 th anniversary of the founding of jamestown. barton myers owned the land where the exposition was hell. -- was held and he had it set up with plumbing and electricity. after the exhibition, he lobbied the u.s. government to bring the navy base here, which was already well known as a great deep water port. they did bring the navy base here and norfolk naval air station, the world's largest navy base is on the land that he owned and had set up with plumbing and electricity. would we even have a navy base here if not for for barton myers? we would like to thank you for visiting the moses myers house today, and we hope you will come back to learn about the fascinating family and the effect that one family can have on the life of a small town like norfolk. --i am the library and librarian for the chrysler museum. i have brought some materials today from the moses myers archives. paper material, music, and books. myers did a lot of the shopping and grocery lists. lists are often not kept but the myers family firm kept good records of