Showing posts with label USA - Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA - Virginia. Show all posts
Thursday, April 5, 2012

USA - Virginia - Mapcard (3)

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VIRGINIA Site of the first English settlement in the New Worls at Jamestown in 1607. Home of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, ...
Monday, March 5, 2012

USA - Virginia - Bruton Parish Church

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Fall colors surround historic Bruton Parish Church. Completed in 1715, it served our colonial leaders and is still serving the community tod...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

USA - Virginia - Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge

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Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Black-eyed Susan, Fire Pink, Phlox Bull Thistle, Turk's Cap Lily, Columbine Great Mullein, Butterfly Weed,...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

USA - Virginia/West Virginia - State Bird

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Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) The state bird of 7 states, including West Virginia and Virginia. Sent by JR from USA. "West Vi...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

USA - Virginia - Shenandoah National Park (3)

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SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK Marys Rock Tunnel In 1932 Skyline Drive workers built Marys Rock Tunnel at Mile 32.2. The tunnel is more than...

USA - Virginia - Shenandoah National Park (2)

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SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK Fall Colors Autumn brings many visitors to the Park to see the dramatic changes in the colors of the leaves. ...
Monday, June 13, 2011

USA - Virginia - Shenandoah National Park (1)

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Works Progress Administration (WPA) Artist : Doug Leen - Brian Maebius Between 1935 and 1943 the WPA's Federal Art Project printed ove...
Monday, May 23, 2011

USA - Virginia - State Bird

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Cardinal or Northern Cardinal . Because of its striking beauty and its widespread habitat, teh cardinal is the official bird of seven stat...
Monday, May 16, 2011

USA - Virginia - State Flower

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VIRGINIA Dogwood - State Flower The American dogwood is well distributed throughout the Commonwealth, and its beauty is symbolic of the ma...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

USA - Virginia - Mapcard (2)

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VIRGINIA The Old Dominion State Sent by Sally from Alexandria in Virginia, USA.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

USA - Virginia - Mapcard (1)

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VIRGINIA was named after England's Queen ELIZABETH I, the virgin queen. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in 1607. N...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

USA - Virginia - State Capitol

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Designed by Thomas Jefferson, based on the style of a Roman temple in Nimes, France, construction was begun in 1785 and completed in 1792. ...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

USA - Virginia - Richmond

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This view of Richmond shows the marvellous James River and the thriving city skyline. Founded in 1607, and identified as the state capitol ...

USA - Virginia - Jefferson Davis Monument

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The Jefferson Davis Monument is a unique and stately arrangement of 13 Doric columns representing the 11 seceding states and the 12 states...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

USA - Virginia - Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

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The University of Virginia's Rotunda was built as Thomas Jefferson's center of the "academical village". Modeled after t...