Fifty Facts of Virginia History by Accomac Teacher
Miss Mary B. Pusey compiled fifty Virginia history facts for fifth graders, published in the Virginia Journal of Education. Highlights include Jamestown’s 1607 settlement, the 1619 House of Burgesses beginnings, tobacco as wealth, the first Africans in Virginia, and notes on Accawmacke and the Eastern Shore’s early salt works along with leaders like Bacon, William and Mary College, George Washington, and the founding of Richmond and Petersburg.
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Accomac County
Virginia
Mary B. Pusey
Virginia Journal of Education
Walter Raleigh
New World
England
Europe
America
Jamestown
James River
Pocahontas
Powhatan
John Rolfe
House of Burgesses
Accomack County
Kingdom
Accowmacke
Accawmacke
Northampton County
Smith's Island
The
United States
Young Charles
Charles I
Old Dominion
Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
William Berkeley
William Byrd
Richmond and
Petersburg
George Washington
Westmoreland County
Virginia Heritage Leaders and Notable Events Recap
Virginia figures and milestones span the Revolution era with Washington leading American forces, Cornwallis surrendering at Yorktown, Jefferson crafting the Declaration, Mason authoring the Virginia Declaration of Rights, Clark conquering Northwest Territory, and Lafayette aiding the cause. The state, Old Dominion, birthed presidents and counties named for Washington Jefferson Madison and Monroe.
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Virginia
Patrick
St. Sohne Church
Richmond
Washington
Minental Congress
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
George Rogers’ Clark
Ohio River
United States
Northwest
Clark
Lafayette
America
Thirteen Colonies
Old Dominion
Union
United States States
James Madison
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Louisiana Territory
France
Appetite and health claims in a 19th century ad excerpt
An advertisement extols a vegetable remedy to restore appetite and vitality, claiming improved sleep, skin, and strength when used as directed. It lists dosages, price cues, and stresses benefit to blood cells and overall well being, ending with a brief historical Virginia notes segment.
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S.S.S
Nature
Taxes Fall Readily Yet March Returns Bend
A humorous note on steadily lower income taxes contrasted with a tougher march for regular returns. The piece adopts a light comics tone featuring Mutt and Jeff by Bud Fisher.
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Mutt & Jeff
Bud Fisher
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Arthur Hauk
Sunshine Revue
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Billy Cullen
Tom Cullins
Sunshine Beauty Chorus
Gesax von Wolfgang
D. L. Affleck
Valley View Kennels
Grimes, VA
Jack T. Engle
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Odd Fellows Building
East Water St
Winchester
LOU Bernstein Company
North
Loudoun St
Clothing Direct
Elizabeth
William and Mary College
Middle Plantation
Williamsburg
Lord Fairfax
North Americ
Moroe
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone
Booney
Cyrus McCormick
Rockbridge County
Henry Clay
Great Peace
University of Virginia
Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Clarksburg
Lee
Gett Grant
Appomattox Rine
Matthew F. Maury
Hampton Institute
John Listen Cooke
Thomas Nelson Page
Gar Allen Poe
Mary Johnston
Ellen Glasgow
Winter White Goods
J. C. Penney
Belle ‘ Isle
É-Inc
Bren Cocenates
Cole
Rmacenet
Famer
Moling & Cather
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