Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia

HALLOWED HERITAGE
T H E L IFE O F V I R G I N I A
by
Head of Social Studies Department FRANCIS C. HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
1961 WHITTET & SHEPPERSON, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Copyright 1961 by Dorothy M. Torpey Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-53266 Printed by Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, Virginia
TO MY MOTHER AND BILL whose encouragement and understanding were inspirational

From the founding of the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown to the present-day launching of the country's largest ships at Hampton Roads, the name Virginia suggests a geographical area which has formed the background for innumerable local, state, national and international events. An understanding of The Life of Virginia —geographical, historical, economic, cultural and political phases of living—should result in a better appreciation of the unique role played by Virginia in the development and progress of the United States of America.
—D. M. T.

The Commonwealth of Virginia is located in the eastern part of the United States, approximately midway between the North and the South, and it is classified geographically as a South Atlantic State. The shape of the state suggests an irregular triangle: the base of the triangle, the southern boundary of the state which divides it from North Carolina and Tennessee; the left side or western side, dominated by the Blue Ridge, the Appalachian and the Allegheny Mountains; and the right side or eastern side, the Coastal Plain.