I have been working in Richmond for the last 4 years and it is indeed the heart center of American Rights. There is a wall in the center or Richmond which declares it was where the 1st Amendment was penned. St. John’s Church where Patrick Henry declared “give me liberty or give me death!” is a few blocks up from downtown.
Thomas Jefferson designed the State Capitol and The Jefferson Hotel carries so much of his legacy forward to this day.
And, whether you decry it or support it, at least the Confederates BELIEVED in unfettered freedom of the States, instead of being under the heel of an unthinking and disinterested oligarchy. It was the backlash against that heel that to this day at least pauses the Statists ... well, until this regime.
VA rocks, baby!
I would just move here, but there are too many logistical problems. But I have paid VA Income Tax for the last 4 years so I at least get to toss my hat in as one of them — and I was in the 1st VA Tea Party meeting which was was the granddaddy of them all!!
My daughter, son in law, and 2 grandchildren live in Glen Allen. I would move there in a minute, if I could, but I am tied to a struggling business in snowy Wisconsin. I’m going there for Christmas.
My family has deep roots in VA, although we have lived elsewhere for 11 generations. (All over elsewhere!)
BTW, Patrick Henry made his last speech and public appearance in Charlotte Courthouse, nearby my ancestral plantation. They say that thousands came from miles around to enjoy his renowned oratory. I’ve forgotten the details, but I think that he died before he could take office. I think he was running for Congress.
Charlotte Courthouse is a little town in the far southwest of VA.