Marking our region’s resolve
By Jim Glanville
In England, the 5th of November, or Guy Fawkes Day, is remembered by setting off fireworks and burning effigies of the plotter who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.
Virginians have a much better reason to remember Nov. 5: As the anniversary of their 1774 Fort Gower Resolves of defiance to King George III.
Glanville, of Blacksburg, is a retired chemist who writes and speaks extensively about the history and archaeology of the region.
November 5, 2012 - 6:13 AM
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