How do we define a "Virginian?" George C Marshall graduated from VMI, lived in Leesburg, but I don't recall that he was born in Virginia. Does he qualify? Colgate W. Darden is another at the top of my list. Does he qualify as a Virginian? Randy Cabell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg Kimball" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian > Some of the Carter Family's major hits: > > Keep on the Sunnyside > > Can the Circle Be Unbroken? > > Wildwood Flower > > Look for them in vol. 3 of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, out > this spring. > > By the way, Mother Maybelle Carter's guitar was purchased by a donor > recently for the Country Music Hall of Fame. The price was $575,000 if > I recall correctly. > > Gregg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:40 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian > > I've never heard of the Carter family, or perhaps I need to know some of > their tunes to recognize them. > > May I suggest Bo Jangles Robinson for his contributions to the arts. > > Anne > Anne Pemberton > [log in to unmask] > http://www.erols.com/stevepem > http://www.erols.com/apembert > http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html