Isn't it ironic that the state motto is "Virginia is for Lovers?" On Feb 9, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Elizabeth Whitaker wrote: > I have seen _something_ _somewhere_ in which Elizabeth I's > popularity and public image is "traced" to her "replacing" the > Virgin Mary in the hearts of the English people after the > Reformation. I will attempt to track that down. I believe I > read it in a moderately recent (10 to 30 years old) > biography. > > Elizabeth Whitaker > Alexandria, Virginia -- from the "Jabez" line but my folks left > the state in the early 1700s for North Carolina > > Tarter, Brent (LVA) wrote: >> This is a very good question that has been asked here and elsewhere >> before but not adequately answered. Everybody knows that Walter >> Ralegh >> named the place for the queen, but has anybody found a source (his or >> another's) that explicitly states as much and gives a date? Ralegh >> wrote >> quite a bit, and the answer may be concealed somewhere in one of his >> books or in some obscure British archival source. What everybody >> knows >> ain't always so. >> >> Brent Tarter >> The Library of Virginia >> [log in to unmask] >> > > ______________________________________ > 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