Virginia was critical in the American Revolution, several of the founding fathers of the country lived in Virginia. George Washington, the first President lived about 8 miles south of where I do, he had dinner the Fairfax family a week before he died, in the Fairfax family home, located just in front of the building I live in.
Virginia stretches from the Atlantic coast to the appalachian mountains in the west. It boarders Washington DC, and Maryland on the north, at one point it is less than 2 miles from Pennsylvania. To the south is North Carolina. The western border is West Virginia and Kentucky, parts of the original British colony of Virginia.
Virginia has a deep, and at times troubled history. In the todays world, government and defense are major employers.
There are still parts of the south east and west of the state that I have not explored. Something for us to do.
I like it here, I chose to live here.
I have been many times to Virgina. I always hated driving through to get to the south and always thought it took FOREVER to get through it. My half sister and her family lived in Alexandria for years. Now that they have an empty nest, they moved nearer to Crystal City where they both are near their practices.
ReplyDeleteTraffic if terrible, public transit is very good. I love Crystal City, the housig prices are about triple there, where they are here.
DeleteI lived in Westover for a short while. Back in the olden days.
ReplyDeleteI lived near DCA for a year when I first moved here.
DeleteYou live in Virginia? I thought you lived in DC. Ok, I've taken a quick geography lesson of where you live.
ReplyDeleteJust across the River.
DeleteI’ve spent a lot of time there. Lots of beauty and history. And you now have a democrat governor-elect!
ReplyDeleteGeorge Washington had dinner with the Fairfax family, on this hill top the week before he died, there is literally a historic market in the corner of the front parking lot.
DeleteI had relatives that lived in Burke, VA, and visited them several times, always spending days in DC at all the Museums.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Museums will all be open again by Monday.
DeleteI bet that the Fairfaxes ordered in a couple of pizzas when George Washington came round for dinner the week before he died. Was it the pizza that killed him?... A swift Google says not - apparently it was severe epiglottitis that did for him though the matter of his death has frequently been debated.
ReplyDeleteWhen George died, the doctor pushed a wedge of wood into the clock in his bedroom to mark the time of death, the clock, wedge and all, is in the George Washington Masonic Memorial - just up the hill from the train station in Alexandria.
DeleteKen Burns' American Revolution series is coming out this week. I have heard that it is very good.
ReplyDeleteHis work is usually very informative.
DeleteA lot of history has taken place there. Will you be watching Ken Burn's new documentary on the American Revolution?
ReplyDeleteSooner or later.
DeleteIt is good to live in a place you love and choose to live in. I imagine there are Civil War reenactments in Virginia, those would be stirring to see. Enjoy doing more exploring of your state.
ReplyDeleteThere is lots to see and do.
DeleteLucky man indeed to like where you live.
ReplyDeleteI see that Walt has already commented on your post about Virginia. He lived in Arlington for a year or so in the early 1980s, in the Westover neighborhood. I lived in Arlington, too, in the Rosslyn neighborhood. In early 1983, we rented an apartment in the District, on Capitol Hill. We were both working within walking distance of the apartment. We stayed there until 1986, when we said good-bye to DC and Virginia to move to California and start a new life.
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time with the weather in the DC area, even though I grew up on the North Carolina coast. I could walk to work from our apartment, but I was often sweaty and miserable by the time I got to my office. Heat. Humidity... Ugh. Looking back on that experience from our new vantage point in the SF Bay Area, I realized that our years in the DC area were characterized by a lot of darkness. In our flat on Capitol Hill the windows were closed and the blinds were closed for six months out of the year because we needed protection from the heat and humidity. The winters were often damp and cold, so again we lived like shut-ins. I liked being close to my workplace, but the walks could be dismal. I hated air-conditioning and we've never had AC again after leaving DC. California was like a big breath of fresh air.
I didn't hate Washington or Virginia, which have much to offer. I just hated the weather. I liked being close enough to take weekend trips to to NC, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. We spent a lot of good weekends in NY.