My thoughts exactly, Joyce. For more on this (i. e., Virginia being the
mother of America), read "Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement, by
David Hackett Fischer -- that is, if you haven't read it already! Great
book!
Jean Spradlin-Miller
Birmingham, AL
(the daughter of a Virginian)
In a message dated 2/3/06 12:49:21 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< But SHENANDOAH is a bird in hand, and at this point worth considerably
more than those other birds in the bushes. >>
>Not only is SHENANDOAH a bird in hand, but (with its haunting music) the
>song
>represents the thousands upon thousands of Virginians who left for the
>"west
> country" and built a nation, while looking longingly at the memory of
> their
> Virginia landscape. In so many ways, Virginia is America because of the
> role of
> its role as the first successful English colony in the Americas, its
> leaders
> who formed the infant government and those who crossed the Shenandoah and
> tamed the west.
>
> Joyce Browning
> Fairfax County VA
>
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