USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R Goes to Virginia Join Us .......July 6,2002

Aquamarine and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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Monticello.......Thomas Jefferson’s home

The Blueridge Mountians of Virginia

Virginia Beach

The wonderful Daffodil Festival in Gloucester, Virginia

Music performed by the Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg. Tap your toes to the exhilarating martial music that marked the routine of military troops during the 18th century and sent the patriots marching into battle.

A large area of the town of Williamsburg consists of buildings preserved from Colonial times, i.e. from before the Declaration of American Independence in 1776.

Think of the Williamsburg Area... and the images that come to mind are...

`Small Town' Colonial Life...

the Search for American Independence...

the Model for Democracy used throughout the world.

Enjoy a 'Cold One' in the same Taverns where the likes of Tommy Jefferson and Patrick ("Give me liberty, or give me death") Henry, argued over the fate of a super power's Colony… and their lives.

College of William & Mary - Second oldest Institution of Higher Education in the Nation… with today, Graduates from all over the world. There is where Thomas Jefferson and some of his buddies went to school.

Don't forget to ask about the friendly ghost that's been dropping by the Wren Building for several Centuries.

College of William & Mary... which was the school to young law students like Thomas Jefferson.

The second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States... William & Mary began the Honor Society that was based on individual Responsibility... as well as the Phi Beta Kappa Society... which recognized and acknowledged individual Excellence.

The College's Wren Building, was constructed in 1695.

Williamsburg Historic District - the political and intellectual Capitol of England's colony in the New World. Where the ideas and ferment originated for the modern concept of Democracy now used throughout the world. Authentic reconstruction's, shows, exhibits, interpreters. Referred to as the 'Largest Living Museum in the World'.

It was here that the colonists (and their `legislators' who were permitted to make recommendations to the King)... began to understand that they did not have to be ruled by a foreign power... but could manage their own country under rules which they themselves developed by community consensus (discussions and voting).

Walk through and actually dine in the same Taverns... where the arguments took place between the `Crown Loyalists'... and the `Revolutionaries'... and where the concepts that became the America Constitution were discussed by the likes of George Washington and Patrick Henry ("Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death").

Then let's take a little trip over to Yorktown.

Yorktown is still the small little village on the York River where a Revolution ended… setting the stage for a New American Nation to begin.

Yorktown may be a tiny village, but it's important in American history because the definitive battle of the American Revolution was won by George Washington there in 1781. After Lord Cornwallis surrendered his huge army to the American and French allies on October 19, 1781, Britain soon appealed for peace. As a result, the 13 colonies emerged into the United States of America.

We can’t forget a visit to Jamestown.......the first English Settlement in the 'New World'… now some 400 years old. See authentic replicas of the boats that crossed the ocean seeking religious freedoms and opportunities.

Th time in sheer wonderment at the resolve and fears of men, women and children crossing an Ocean in a Susan B. Constant... a small boat that today, seems like an oversize mini van.

Roughly 400 years ago, on December 20, 1606, three merchant ships loaded with passengers and cargo embarked from England on a voyage that would later set the course of American history.

The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery reached Virginia in the spring of 1607, and on May 14, their 104 passengers all men and boys began building on the banks of the James River what was to be America's first permanent English colony, predating Plymouth in Massachusetts by 13 years.

[COB1]

Hi, Victoria!
That "BIG BUMP" woke me up!!

Thanks for the music and your post on Ella Fitzgerald.
I remember her singing the Star Spangled Banner.
That high note at the end would break light bulbs!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Anytime sweetie.

Jackson 5, The Jacksons, I'll be there

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're very welcome, Cob. :-)

[Pippin]

ME? Get angry at you? NAW!

[SAMWolf]

Oh! So you helped throw me in a volcano cuz you were happy with me?

[dansangel]

The Virginia pictures are breathtaking, Snow Bunny! You have certainly outdone yourself!

Have a stupendous Saturday.....{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS} }}}}}}}}}

[Pippin]

That wasn't me , that was my evil twin! HE! HE! HE!

[Sabertooth]

You are too Sweet! Thanks for the song...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Queen, You're My Best Friend

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're quite welcome, Saber.

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[SAMWolf]

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Virginia Military Institute, founded in 1839, is the oldest state supported military college in the nation.

Its mission is to provide an undergraduate educational program of the highest quality within a military environment.

During the Civil War, on May 15, 1864, the VMI Corps of Cadets was engaged as a unit in a pitched battle at New Market, Virginia.
They won credit for helping turn the tide in favor of the Confederate forces there. In retaliation, on June 11, 1864 most of the Institute was shelled and burned by Union forces under the command of General David Hunter.

Stonewall Jackson was a professor at VMI for ten years prior to the Civil War.

Matthew Fontaine Maury, called the "Pathfinder of the Seas," taught physics and astronomy at VMI from 1868 to 1872.

General George C. Marshall, World War II Army Chief of Staff and author of the Marshall Plan, was a 1901 VMI graduate.

VMI's Cadet Barracks has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Full dress parades on the 12-acre parade ground take place most Friday afternoons in the fall and spring when weather permits

[SAMWolf]

Well I have to get to my Honey do list and get the windows washed.

Cya all later. Have fun in Virginia all.

[Pippin]

SEEYA, SAM!

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! Don't work too hard.

Cya later.

[Pippin]

Thank You for the link, Souris.

[Ligeia]

For those who've shopped Potomac Mills and still haven't dropped, and need a break from so much history, three of my favorite places are Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Kings Dominion, and Water Country USA. Lots of fun, if you go when temperatures are cooler and crowds are small.