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ここは絶対に見るべき!! バージニア州の簡単な紹介
Virginia Map +
バージニア州の地図等
One of the Original 13 Colonies:
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North
Carolina, and Rhode Island バージニア州は最初の１３のコロニーの一つ
Virginia was named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen バージニア州の名は、英国の女王Elizabeth
I, the Virgin Queenをとったものです。Seven
U.S. states are named after kings or queens
州の名前に、王または、女王の名をとった７つの州
Virginia is known as the “Birthplace of the U.S.”
バージニア州は、アメリカ合衆国が始まった州として知られています。
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Why Virginia’s nickname is
“Mother of Presidents”?
バージニア州のニックネームは、大統領の生みの母
Eight U.S. presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler,
Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson1).
８人の米国大統領が、バージニア州で生まれています。
Why Virginia’s nickname is “Mother of States”?
バージニア州のニックネームは、州の生みの母
Eight states - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin - ,
wholly or
partially, were
created from Virginia’s original territory1).
８州
- Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin -
は、その全部、または、その一部は、もともと、バージニア州の最初のテリトリーの土地でした。
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Appomattox Court House,
where Confederate general Lee surrendered, Appomattox (1865)
Arlington National Cemetery
Assateague Island National
Seashore |
Chincoteague Pony Swim
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Busch Gardens, Williamsburg
--- Theme Park:
Themed lands based
on European countries
Chincoteague Pony Swim
| Assateague Island National Seashore
Colonial Williamsburg
(Williamsburg, 1699-1780, colonial Virginia’s capital) Colonial Williamsburg is
Virginia's
restored colonial capital
and the world’s largest
living history museum 世界一大きい生きた歴史博物館 (全米で、もっとも人気のある行楽地と聞いています) 18th
Century-Style Coffeehouse Opens on November 20, 2009
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Intimidator 30517),
Kings Dominion,
Doswell
James River Plantations
Jamestown Settlement
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Jamestown
(first permanent English settlement in the U.S.) is founded (1607) |
Jamestown was named after King James
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Pocahontas
Loudoun County:
Home of equestrian sports |
More Loudoun County
Luray Caverns
Monticello,
Charlottesville:
Home of Thomas
Jefferson
Mount Vernon:
George Washington’s plantation home
Museum of the Confederacy,
Richmond
Museum of the Confederacy (on Wikipedia)
Shenandoah National Park3),
East Luray
Shenandoah国立公園
Skyline Drive
and
Blue Ridge Parkway
<
http://www.blueridgeskyline.com/
>
Natural Bridge
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
Chantilly ---
This center is an extension of the Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, Space Shuttle
Enterprise, Gemini VII space capsule; the Mobile Quarantine Unit used upon the
return of the Apollo 11 crew, and more.
Virginia Beach: <
www.vbfun.com
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http://www.vabeach.com/
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Mount Trashmore Park
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Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
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Virginia Foods:
Smithfield Hams,
Peanuts, Seafood, and more
Decoys & Oysters
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Chincoteague Events
Old Time Music
Brief
History1)
Jamestown
(first permanent English settlement in the U.S.) is founded (1607) Note:
Jamestown was named after King James
of England |
Revolutionary War ends at Yorktown (1781)
| George Washington becomes 1st U.S. president (1789) |
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion (1831) | Virginia secedes from Union and
Richmond becomes Confederate capital (1861) | Northwestern Virginia (West
Virginia ) joins Union (1863) |
Union destroyed Confederate capital,
Richmond
(1865) | Civil War
ends at Appomattox (1865) |
Local Celebrities1, 9)
Eight U.S. presidents: George Washington (Founding Father), Thomas Jefferson
(America’s most esteemed Renaissance Man), James Madison (Father of the
Constitution), James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor,
and Woodrow Wilson.
Warren Beatty, Richard E. Byrd (polar
explorer), William
Clark (Lewis
and Clark Expedition),
Ella Fitzgerald,
Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee (Confederate general), Meriwether Lewis
(Lewis
and Clark Expedition),
Cyrus H. McCormick
(first mechanical reaper),
Pocahontas,
Edgar Allan Poe, Nat Turner, Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama), James E. West (electret microphone), and more. For more info on Famous
Natives, click
here.
Commonwealth of Virginia
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Virginia Beach
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Norfolk
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Chesapeake
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Richmond
(Capital) | Arlington | Newport News
Largest
Cities in Virginia
Tourism
Things to do in Virginia
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Attractions
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Attractions & Things to do in Virginia
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バージニア州の旅行ガイド
More Events,
for example, check out
this site
References
1) Inge N. Dobelis
(Project Editor) et al: America: Land of Beauty and Splendor (New York,
USA: The Reader's Digest Association, 1992)
2) Laura Sutherland with Family Travel Forum: “Amazing Places to Take Your
Kids” (Illinois, USA: Publications International, Ltd., 2008)
3) “Our National Parks - Celebrating America’s Nature Splendor”, Life
9 (2009) No. 7 August 21
4)
History of States in the U.S.
5)
World Atlas
6)
About the US
7)
Yahoo Travel
8)
Wikipedia
9)
FactMonster
10)
50 States
11)
Infoplease
12)
www.google.com
13)
www.yahoo.com
14)
www.msn.com
15)
www.ap.org
16)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
17) Jane Margolies (New
York Times):
“Family Trips - Theme parks are ready to amuse all kinds of thrill-seekers”
St. Paul Pioneer Press
June 20, 2010
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