Sic Semper Tyrannis!
Today Virginians celebrate the founding of the commonwealth on Virginia Day!
In 1608, Virginia was an English colony, then joined the Americans on June 25, 1788 , then joined the Confederacy in 1861 and returned to the Americans in January 26, 1870 after hard negotiations (where known to be stubborn).
Virginia is part of the American South and we're culturally different from everyone else as we have our English and Celtic roots. We're known to be stubborn, independent, outspoken, and we love our guns (because we're the ones that came up with that idea).
The first 4 U.S. presidents were Virginians, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Later William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachery Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson. It's one of the reasons why Virginia is sometimes called "Mother of Presidents".
George Mason created the Virginia Deceleration of Rights, which would become the most influential human right document ever conceived and later influencing the American Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of Rights.
Virginia was the first to come up with the "right to keep and bear arms" idea and was the only place in North America where a civilian can keep a firearm years before the American Bill of Rights was created. (Why do you think Virginians love guns so much more than the rest of the U.S.?)
James Madison is the Father of the U.S. Constitution and used the Virginian Declaration of Rights as an influence.
Our first Governor was Thomas Jefferson and the second was Patrick Henry, which both became the most influential Virginians in the commonwealth (and the rest of the United States). Without Virginians there would have no "America", however if our ancestors seen the future of what Virginia would look like today, they probably wouldn't have joined the formation of America and let the rest of the states fend for themselves.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee lead the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to battle against the American forces during the Civil War. Virginia's capitol was Richmond, and it was the heart of the Confederacy.
Since Americans in general often misunderstands and hate Southern people (especially Virginians) and think the South was fighting for "slavery", which is false American propaganda and doesn't make sense at all. Virginians and the rest of the South was fighting for freedom against tyranny of the corrupted American government. (Why do you think they call us "Rebels"?) Most Southern people didn't even like slavery, and it was 5% of the population (the rich) who owned slaves according to the 1865 Confederate census. Even General Lee didn't like slavery himself.
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death and had a key part in winning many significant battles.
The Confederate national flag originally designed by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina, was rejected by the Confederate Congress but subsequently adopted by the Confederate army, which needed a banner that was easily distinguishable from the United States flag. The battle flag transformed into a national symbol as the Army of Northern Virginia, with which it was closely associated, also became an important symbol. It even was incorporated into the Confederacy’s second and third national flags.
Virginians are not afraid to fly the flag.
Speaking of flags, Virginia's iconic flag was not created until the start of the Civil War in 1861. But before that, the in May 1776, the colony of Virginia declared its independence from Great Britain. On July 1, 1776, a committee of four was appointed to make a proper seal for the Commonwealth of Virginia, which is the iconic seal we see on the flag today. The four men were Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, George Wythe, and Robert Carter Nicholas. Four days later the committee's report for a design of the seal was read, and George Mason presented it to the Virginia government. It was voted on and approved that same day. It is not known for certain which members of the committee were chiefly responsible for the design of the seal, but it is generally believed to be principally the work of George Wythe.
The seal makers did not want a design which in any way resembled the style of coats-of-arms used in Great Britain. Because of the strong admiration for the Roman Republic felt by the Virginian leaders, the design of the new seal was taken from the mythology of Ancient Rome. They also chose a two-sided design, as shown above.
Sic Semper Tyrannis on the seal is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". It is a shortened version of the phrase Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis ("Thus always I bring death to tyrants"). The seal has a female personification of the virtue of Virtus. In Roman mythology, Virtus was the deity of bravery and military strength. Tyranny lies prostrate beneath the foot of Virtus, originally symbolizing Great Britain's defeat by Virginia and then later the Americans during the Civil War.
In 1861, the famous seal was brought back in style and relevancy as a flag to defy the Americans as tyrants during the Civil War. Many believe Virginia's state flag was modeled on the so-called Bonnie Blue flag and it was standardized in 1950.
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We're the only U.S. state to use a mace for daily ceremonial purposes in the Virginian government, similar to the United Kingdom and the Canadian provinces.
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| Image credit: Washington Post |
Since 1607 we have spoken English. According to the Virginian constitution, our official language is English, it will always be English and forever be English!
Notable ethnic groups in Virginia are "White" Caucasians, "Black" African Americans, and "Red" Native Americans.
Virginians mostly believe in the Protestant Christianity and Christianity has played an important role in the commonwealth for centuries.
Before the slow Post-modern Americanization of Virginia, the commonwealth is known for its many structures with colonial and unique Jeffersonian architecture.
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| Monticello |
One of Virginia's top economies are, ship building and military naval complex at Hampton roads, architecture in southwest area, and financing in Northern part of Virginia (NOVA).
Virginia is known to have crazy weather, because it's located between the hot and cold fronts of North America, meaning the weather is unpredictable. Next day is below 38 then the next day it's hot in the 70's.
Virginia is the only U.S. state to not have a major sports franchise, meaning Virginian likes all kinds of sports instead of just silly American football.
The original Virginia Gazette, the first newspaper ever published in Virginia and serve as an important record for Virginia's colonial history.
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| Virginia Gazette |
Virginia is the only U.S. state to have the most independent cities, it was made to not have the cities interfere with country affairs as it was considered unfair.
Virginia's state bird, the Cardinal, has been a cultural icon in the commonwealth for years and didn't become an official state bird until 1950. In towns and cities, you will often see signs, art, and local shops often associated with the bird, even naming business and organizations after it.
Another cultural icon is the American dogwood tree and flower, it did not become a state flower until 1918 and state tree until 1958.
Since the 2010's there's been a small movement for proposal of a state-wide electoral college because democratic elections have been ruled by three areas, Hampton Roads, Richmond and NOVA. It's considered unfair to the rural population.
Liberty university was founded as Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971 by Jerry Falwell, who was also Senior Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. Liberty University describes itself as a Christian academic community. Its stated mission and aims emphasize both the intellectual and spiritual development of the institution's students. Students are held to The Liberty Way, a code of conduct.
Virginia is also famous for the Pentagon building, HQ of the United States Military, CIA headquaters of Langley, and the FBI Academy in Quantico.
Places to see in Virginia (if you're a foreigner or outsider, show some respect to our people and culture because you don't want to piss us off.)
- Peaks of Otter
- D-Day memorial
- Hampton Roads
- Richmond
- Liberty University
- Natural Bridge
- High Bridge Trail State Park
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Thomas Jefferson's Popular Forest and Monticello
- Historical Williamsburg and Jamestown
- James River
- Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
- Virginia Beach
- The Pentagon
- Big statues of US presidents sit in a field in Croaker, Virginia.
Since the late 20th century, American Civic Nationalists and Globalists want to take down and remove our commonwealth's hundred-year history and culture, we must stand up against the ones that hates us!
Happy Virginia Day!
Links:
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/
https://vaflaggers.blogspot.com/
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/
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