Those of us in VA have so much history to recount and explore in our blogs....Our Albemarle County Circuit Court has had 3 presidents practice law there * Jefferson * Madison & Monroe!!!
Via Karen Kruschka - Prince William, Fairfax ,Stafford County VA Real Estate Service (RE/MAX Olympic Realty):
I write many posts about the history around us in Northern Virginia. The most common comment we receive is "There is so much history in your area". Of course, the eastern part of the US did play a significant role in our country's development, but every one of the 50 states and its' communities have items of historical significance that would suggest posts that are both educational and entertaining.
For example, a four lane cross county highway replaced an old two lane road several years ago. I traveled two lane Davis Ford Rd for years when it was the main cross county route and never took notice of two historical markers along the road near a little old cemetery.
As you can see a lot of history transpired along the road planned by George Washington in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. It is not a major tourist attraction, but it is an interesting fact I can point out to clients as we tour the area.
Do you take a few minutes to stop and read historical markers along the road? If you try it you may be amazed at how much history you discover.
Two Active Rain members that do an outstanding job of blogging about their local history are Myrl Jeffcoat blogging about an historic downtown renovation and Jennifer Fivelsdal blogging about historic barns in her area.. I point them out because they are at opposite sides of the continent. Also, the two posts I chose as examples are strikingly different in their focus. The important point is they are interesting local history - it is everywhere.
Two Active Rain members that do an outstanding job of blogging about their local history
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Good post to reblog. I had missed it the first time.
Wallace - that was one of the things that I noticed when I was first stationed in Georgia after growing up on the west coast, a lot more historical sites. But then, especially in the northwest, very few people were there more than 150 years ago.
Wallace Thank you for the reblog - your courthouse certainly deserves attention - it must be special to practice there
The inside is incredible - still has the bell to call in the jurors!
I can't spit from where I am without hitting three historical sites. But when I lived in Hampton, VA, I could stand up without being in a historical site...
Since i have to do some research for a Cub Scout thing, maybe I'll have to blog about it a bit...
Great! I missed out on it! Now that sucks. Thanks for the reblog. I'm not one to write about history, but I do love to read them and learning about how each of the states contributed to make our life today as it is, just me proud!
Wallace, this is good advice. Sometimes we forget about all the rich history right in our own neighborhood. I will look into this for my future blogs.