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An illustrated history, informative and humorous, for tourists and natives alike.
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Zany illustrations by cartoonist Charles Bruce accompany true tidbits about Virginia’s rich historical heritage written by Carolyn Hale Bruce. Why is Virginia called the Old Dominion? The Mother of Presidents? The Mother of States? A mountain of conceit? Why was Captain John Smith in chains when he arrived in Jamestown? Where was the REAL First Thanksgiving in the present-day United States? Where was the First Representative Assembly in the Western Hemisphere? Where was the last major battle of the Revolution? Where was the first large land battle of the Civil War? And the last? Who was Wilmer McLean? Carter Braxton? Nancy Langhorne? William Fleming? Billy Mahone? Adam Thoroughgood? It’s all in Virginiana, A Visitors’ Guide to Virginia History & Other Stuff. This could be the start of something BIG!
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