Virginia Beach Oceanfront

[4] During the Gilded Age the boardwalk was run next to Peacock Ballroom, where artists including Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Tommy Dorsey performed.

The Cavalier eventually hosted to 7 US Presidents: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.

The hotel attracted celebrities including, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Will Rogers and Fatty Arbuckle.

[5] During the 1930s through the 1950s the Cavalier hosted widely popular big bands including Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Xavier Cugat, Cab Calloway and Lawrence Welk.

Planned since 1997 in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach, the park features heroic-scale statuary and reliefs to tell the history of Naval Aviation.

Most events are free and include local and visiting performers from magic shows and musical talents, to psychics and palm readers.