Located in the American southeast, Virginia is the birthplace of the United States Of America. Not to be confused with Tenessee, Virginia is the birthplace of Country
music and Southern culture and most of the modern South's populations have ancestors that are from Virginia. The state's first song,which was written by a former slave, was Carry Me Back To Ol' Virginny but is not used anymore due to it's offensive lyrics against African
Americans, A second song has yet to be written. The state's flag was adopted during the Civil
war to show resistance against the Union North, which Virginians saw as tyrants. The
old or ol' dominion is the state's nickname.
Northern Virginians are exactly that and do not identify with Central and Southern Virginia but tend to have more in common with D.C. and
Maryland. Northern Virginans for the most part do not have native accents due to most of them being originally from the north and mid-west, some elderly northern virginians will have an accent. Most Central/Eastern Virginans have the famous tidewater accent, a refined faster spoken southern accent and use words such as Hoose for
House. Most Southern and South Western Virginians have the Thickest of the Accents which out of state people
may have a hard
time understanding. Northern Virginia is regionally different being considered the southern most section of the mid-atlantic and will have snow while Central and southern virginia will have rain as
well as typical southern plants and palm trees. The state's motto is Virginia is for lovers but Virginia has approved a gay marriage ban, which Northern Virginia strongly was against. Northern Virginia will most likely become it's own state or
something of the sort in the
future. If you want to experiance American/Confederate
history, Virginia is a great place to do it.
Guy 1 - I want to experiance the American
history,
hmm Maybe Westmoreland, Virginia?
Guy 2 - Yes that's a great place, George
Washington and Robert E Lee were both born there!