West Virginia Statehood Roots and Kanawha Vote
The 1829 30 Virginia Constitutional Convention sparked West Virginia statehood talk led by Doddridge Campbell Morgan Summers. Virginia secession set the stage for East West split. Wheeling Conventions produced an ordinance for Kanawha, but a 1861 vote chose West Virginia 30 to 9. Kanawha and Allegheny tallyes followed. West Virginia Day began in 1927 with a notable centennial on June 20.
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Alexander Campbell
Charles S. Morgan
Lewis Summers
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Allegheny
Augusta
West Virginia Day celebrates centennial vision and Kennedy remarks
A 1963 centennial observance drew about 10,000 to Charleston as President Kennedy praised West Virginia birth amid state pride. The AP recount notes Kennedy’s debt to the state and landmarks like Gettysburg and emancipation shaping its birth. Offices closed for WV Day with events at Blennerhassett Island and Kanawha Valley Band concert.
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Roadside Oddities across West Virginia and Virginia
Read about Chester West Virginia home to the World’s Largest Teapot erected in 1938 and later moved for tourism. Winchester Virginia houses the World’s Largest Apple in Sheridan’s Headquarters landmark near Route 522 and 11. Roanoke Virginia features the World’s Largest Star on Mill Mountain, a Christmas icon now tied to military tribute. Weston and Philippi offer Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum ghost tours and the Barbour County Historical Museum mummies. Odd West Virginia hosts the smallest church and the world’s smallest post office in Horse Shoe Run and Odd respectively.
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Trans- Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
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Odd Post Office
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