Who said Virginia Blues?

Compiled by Jim Moyer 7/18/2017, update 7/22/2017, 7/23/2017, 3/4/2018, 7/13/2018

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What was the

myth making machinery

saying shortly

after news

of Braddock’s Death?

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Especially regarding 

the Virginia Blues?

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The Capt George Mercer Co of the VA Re...

Compiled originally by Jim Moyer  8/20/2015, 10/20/2019, 10/21/19, 7/9/2020,

posted on Facebook Fort Loudoun Winchester VA page

Sunday July 12,2020

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You will see some great sources in here.

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ASSARIGOA – LONG KNIVES VIRGINIA

Governor Howard of Virginia travelled to Albany i...

1916, November 15 is the date of this statue.

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51 years and some months past, the "Civil War" ended.

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There are 70 and 80 year old veterans of that war involved and at the ceremony.

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Imagine being black and being no where near this spot at this moment.

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And now in June of...

Today, September 1, 1784, is the first day of George Washington's trip to the West again.

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He made a major trip in 1770. 

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That was a trip, quite a trip. See that story here.

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But back to this 1784 trip.:

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...on the first day of this month (September) set out on my journe...

Gnadenhutten

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There were 2 Gnadenhutten Massacres.  

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The first one in PA was Nov 24, 1755.

The 2nd one  was in Ohio March 8, 1782 and is why you've seen this story in the newsfeed recently.
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These 2 stories are an endless rabbit hole. Travel this whole warren? No one...

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On George Washington's birthday anniversary in 1924, sixteen Years after the City of Winchester purchased in 1908 the corner of Braddock and Cork a building now known as George Washington's Office Museum, this cannon was placed on its property.

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At one point this canno...

LIGHTNING STRIKES?  

BEFORE GEORGE WASHINGTON IS BORN.

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Compiled, researched by Jim Moyer, 10/13/2015, 2/14/2017, 2/26/2017, 1/29/2018, 2/10/2019
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Do a Google search.  Type "Lightning Mary Ball Washington" and you will find versions of this story:
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Lightning strikes an...

Sunday Word
Black Hole of Calcutta
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143 of 164 British prisoners held in a small sweltering prison died in 3 days. Other accounts say less.
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This  happened for 3 days in June 1756.   
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See the map on the area of this atrocity. 

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This happened on the other side o...

Sunday Word.

The 9 of Diamonds is seen on the floor.
In a Game of Brag.
It leads all the way to the top.
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Lt Gov Dinwiddie of Virginia agrees to divorce the cheater from the service 13 January 1756.
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They didn’t call this a Court Martial. They called it a Court of “En...

Sunday Word 1
Periodically we like to repost this picture. 
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We are working on a better one. But for now, this provides how that fort would have looked if rebuilt. The street used to go around the fort.
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This was Colonel George Washington's headquarters fort for the...