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From: "Rob Hilliard" <>
Subject: RE: [Sc-Ir] Fwd: Striking quotations by/about Virginia immigrants
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:02:01 -0400


Does this work?:

"If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my
flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region and
make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to
British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger." George
Washington, Valley Forge.

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>From "Ayres, Edward S." <>
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Subject Striking quotations by/about Virginia immigrants

The Yorktown Victory Center of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is
planning a new permanent exhibit entitled "A Nation of Immigrants" that
will open in the late Summer of 2006. This exhibit will focus on
immigration to Virginia primarily during the period from 1700 to about
1860, with a special emphasis on the post-Revolutionary and early
National periods. The exhibit team would like to identify four or five
contemporary, "quotable" statements ca 1700-1830 by or about Virginia
immigrants or groups, their experiences, and what drew them to Virginia
or drove them to leave their homeland. Even statements that do not
specifically refer to Virginia, but would nevertheless be valid, could
be useful. Any examples or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Edward Ayres, Historian
Yorktown Victory Center
Yorktown, Virginia

ph (757) 847-3129 fax (757) 887-1306

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