thus always to tyrants.
i am not entirely sure what that means, but it is the state motto of Virginia, which is in America, and where i am currently residing. since i am a joiner i thought i would spread the word about Virginia in an effort to feel closer to her.
Sometimes Virginia is called the mother of states and statesmen. The original charter was for a tract of land so large that it extended from south Carolina to Maine and out into the Atlantic to include Bermuda. 8 U.S. presidents were born here including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and six others that no one has ever heard of...except maybe Woodrow Wilson, and that is a big maybe.
our state insect is the tiger swallowtail. our state beverage is milk. our state fossil is the Chesapecten Jeffersonius whatever that is. and our state song WAS " take me back to old Virginny" until the song was retired in 1997 for reasons which apparently can't be disclosed on the Internet, but i will tell you that the last verse included these classic lines: when I'm dead and gone to rest, Lay de Banjo by my side, Let de Possom and Coon to de funeral come, For dey is my only pride.
Virginia was named for Elizabeth I of England - the 'virgin' queen (since she was able to adopt this title solely because she never married, i must qualify for the same, so if everyone would please make a note to start calling me the virgin queen, that would be great)
Above is a drawing of the colonial city of Jamestown. formerly unpublished, we now know from studying this document that Jamestown was colonized by a group of bratty British toddlers who still drew with their boogers.
i am not entirely sure what that means, but it is the state motto of Virginia, which is in America, and where i am currently residing. since i am a joiner i thought i would spread the word about Virginia in an effort to feel closer to her.
Sometimes Virginia is called the mother of states and statesmen. The original charter was for a tract of land so large that it extended from south Carolina to Maine and out into the Atlantic to include Bermuda. 8 U.S. presidents were born here including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and six others that no one has ever heard of...except maybe Woodrow Wilson, and that is a big maybe.
our state insect is the tiger swallowtail. our state beverage is milk. our state fossil is the Chesapecten Jeffersonius whatever that is. and our state song WAS " take me back to old Virginny" until the song was retired in 1997 for reasons which apparently can't be disclosed on the Internet, but i will tell you that the last verse included these classic lines: when I'm dead and gone to rest, Lay de Banjo by my side, Let de Possom and Coon to de funeral come, For dey is my only pride.
Virginia was named for Elizabeth I of England - the 'virgin' queen (since she was able to adopt this title solely because she never married, i must qualify for the same, so if everyone would please make a note to start calling me the virgin queen, that would be great)
Above is a drawing of the colonial city of Jamestown. formerly unpublished, we now know from studying this document that Jamestown was colonized by a group of bratty British toddlers who still drew with their boogers.
At the time of the English colonization of Virginia, The native American tribes inhabiting the territory were the Cherokee, Chesapeake, Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Moobs, Nansemond, Nottaway, Pamunkey, Povic, Powhatan, Occoneeches, Rappahannock, Saponites and others. Naturally they are all dead now, but some of these names live on as street names in new housing developments in squalid suburbs, so that seems pretty fair.
Richmond is the capital, just as it was in the American Civil War when the southern states decided to take their toys and go play somewhere else on account of Abe Lincoln wasn't going to let them keep the nice people the brought over from Angola any longer just growing tobacco in exchange for boiled sow's ears and a good rogering from the master now and again...even if the master was Thomas Jefferson.
it's hot in the summer, cold in the winter, slow and polite and there are places that still grow peanuts and tobacco and if anyone. and i do mean ANYONE, wants to come and visit. why, you're most welcome.
Richmond is the capital, just as it was in the American Civil War when the southern states decided to take their toys and go play somewhere else on account of Abe Lincoln wasn't going to let them keep the nice people the brought over from Angola any longer just growing tobacco in exchange for boiled sow's ears and a good rogering from the master now and again...even if the master was Thomas Jefferson.
it's hot in the summer, cold in the winter, slow and polite and there are places that still grow peanuts and tobacco and if anyone. and i do mean ANYONE, wants to come and visit. why, you're most welcome.
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