Rosa Parks: humble civil rights activist
Rosa Parks, became an historic figure in the US civil rights movement . She was a black woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger on the 1st December 1955.
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Civil War Sites of the South East
The Battle of Stanardsville in Virginia was a minor skirmish in the war but typical of the small battles which dotted its duration involving both infantry and cavalry. Led by General Custer, union troops were heading for Charlottesville but were overwhelmed by Confederate forces and were forced to retreat.
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Rafting the Gauley River
The main Gauley River rafting season consists of five 4-day weekends and one 2-day weekend from mid-September through mid-October.
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Food & fun at the Virginia State Fair
Virginia’s economy since early times has been based on agriculture. The earliest Virginians – Englishmen, Germans and Irish amongst others – soon found out what flourished best on their newly adopted land – with tobacco, pigs and peanuts all becoming nationally renowned for being made in Virginia.
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The real Shawshank Redemption at West Virginia Penitentiary
West Virginians may have always been simple folk living off the land but the turmoil of the Civil War years gave rise to an ever-growing number of violent and dangerous criminals that needed housing.
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