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Happy Birthday, West Virginia - 159 years young! (Original Post) Staph Jun 2022 OP
trump country nt msongs Jun 2022 #1
Thank you for that information! Staph Jun 2022 #2
Well done. Regional chauvinism sucks. EYESORE 9001 Jun 2022 #4
Congratulations West Virginia, Mountaineers Are Always Free! appalachiablue Jun 2022 #3

Staph

(6,338 posts)
2. Thank you for that information!
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 03:41 PM
Jun 2022

I would never have known that, since I've only lived here for my entire 68 years. And my family has been in what is now called West Virginia since the 1770s. We have always had to rely on outsiders to tell us what's what and who's who.




Seriously, if you expect to see West Virginia to return to its Democratic roots, you've got to stop instantly and unthinkingly branding any West Virginian as a Trumpista. I wouldn't be here on Democratic Underground, for nearly as long as you, if I didn't believe in the Democratic party.

Lighten up, Felicia!


EYESORE 9001

(27,454 posts)
4. Well done. Regional chauvinism sucks.
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 04:42 PM
Jun 2022

It’s insulting to DUers who live in places that don’t meet someone’s definition of liberal utopia.

appalachiablue

(42,793 posts)
3. Congratulations West Virginia, Mountaineers Are Always Free!
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 03:59 PM
Jun 2022

- West Virginia Admitted as the 35th State in the Union, June 20, 1863

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861. Very few of the residents of the western counties owned slaves, so they decided to stay with the Union. As a result, West Virginia, where "Mountaineers Are Always Free," was formed.
The Appalachian Mountains have always been an important resource in West Virginia. Beneath them is the largest supply of coal in the nation. Until the 1940s, many West Virginians worked as miners. Nowadays, the tops of West Virginia's mountains are blasted off to expose the coal inside for extraction. The mountains have also attracted different kinds of residents and travelers.

Many people have retired to West Virginia to enjoy its wealth of natural resources. The state, with its Appalachian Mountains, is the highest in elevation east of the Mississippi. Forest covers about three-fourths of the state, while farms cover many of the ridges and fertile valleys. Tourists come from all over to visit West Virginia's 33 state parks, experience its world-class white-water rafting, or encounter its unique cultural traditions in music and the arts. Many West Virginians today would still boast their motto to be true: "Mountaineers Are Always Free." (Library Of Congress) https://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_wv_2.html



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