Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tragedy at Va Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia - Site of the first English settlement in the New World at Jamestown in 1607.
- Home of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Tyler, Harrison and Wilson.
- Capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War and site of more than half the battles of that war.
- From Atlantic beaches to Appalachian mountains, a wonderful state to visit - postmarked in 1994 with US 19 cent balloon stamp.
- Blacksburg is in the extreme SW corner - near the border with W Va and Kentucky.

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