Jamestown tributes and toasts . TO VIRGINIA Virginia! Leader in war and in peace. Mother of soldiers and of statesmen. Home of Washington, Lee and Jackson,Of Jefferson, Madison and the memories of the past Inspibe Thy Sons of the Putuee. ^^p-il^^ 61. TOAST TO NORTH CAROLINA Heres to Xorth Carolina, where, in the year 1585, the firstEnglish settlement in the New World was attempted. Herewas the birthplace of the first white child born of Englishparents, Little Virginia Dare, and here the first English prayer ever uttered on United Statessoil ascended to God for protection, and the fi
Jamestown tributes and toasts . TO VIRGINIA Virginia! Leader in war and in peace. Mother of soldiers and of statesmen. Home of Washington, Lee and Jackson,Of Jefferson, Madison and the memories of the past Inspibe Thy Sons of the Putuee. ^^p-il^^ 61. TOAST TO NORTH CAROLINA Heres to Xorth Carolina, where, in the year 1585, the firstEnglish settlement in the New World was attempted. Herewas the birthplace of the first white child born of Englishparents, Little Virginia Dare, and here the first English prayer ever uttered on United Statessoil ascended to God for protection, and the first baptismalrites were here celebrated. Heres to Xorth Carolina! where on May 20, 1775. in the County of Mecklenberg, hersturdy sons threw off the yoke of oppression, and where laterthe inhabitants of the same county earned for it from theBritish the distinction of the soubriquet, The Hornets Nestof America. fl^rvkju^— 62 THE OLD NORTH STATE Heres to North Carolina! Next to the last State to secede from the Union, but, onceenlisted, furnishing more troops to the cause they loved thanany other State, and earning by the valor and the heroic deedsof its soldiers the right to inscribe on its monument First at Bethel and Last at Appomatt
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