We arrived at Tucson Airport at 4 AM for our 5:20 AM flight to Richmond, VA, about 40-minute car ride north of Williamsburg. No surprise, the airport was full illegal immigrants going to all points USA. One of them asked me in Spanish, (I speak Spanish and Portugues) the gate for San Francisco. She showed me her flight information on her mobile phone that is better than mine. Who pays for her monthly phone bill? Yes, the taxpayer, that’s who!! I pointed the way for her.
The Virginia Peninsula is home to many historical sites. Jamestown or Jamestown Colony is the first permanent English settlement in North America. Established 14 May 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
A contingent of approximately 105 colonists departed England in late December 1606 in three ships—the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. Susan Constant was the largest of the three ships measuring 116 feet and displacing 120 tons. After the autumn of 1609 the food stock ran out, the settlers ate the colony’s animals—horses, dogs, and cats—and then turned to eating rats, mice, and shoe leather. In their desperation some practiced cannibalism. Of the 500 colonists in Jamestown fewer than one-fifth were still alive in March 1610.
Williamsburg was the home to the House of Burgesses. From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally appointed colonial governor and the upper house, Council of State in the entire General House. When the Virginia colony declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain at the Fifth Virginia Convention in 1776 and then became the independent Commonwealth of Virginia. The House of Burgesses became the House of Delegates, which continues to serve as the lower house of the General Assembly.
Yorktown, VA home of Yorktown Battlefield (28 September-19 October 1781). The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America.
The Civil War’s (1861-1865) Peninsula Campaign led by General McClellan faced off against Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston and General Robert E. Lee after Johnston was severely wounded. McClellan landed his army in Fort Monroe and moved northwest towards Richmond. He was surprised by Brigadier General John B. Magruder’s defensive position along the Warwick River. He then ordered the army to prepare for a siege of Yorktown. Heavy fighting occurred during the Battle of Williamsburg. There was fighting up and down the peninsula where both sides lost thousands of men.
Battle of Hampton Roads also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, 8-9 March 1862. The battle was significant in that it was the first combat between ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. The battle received worldwide attention, having immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain, and France halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships. A new age of naval warfare had arrived for the entire world.
As we visited each site, we could not help but think what a heavy price in blood and treasure American citizens have paid over the years.
Does anyone think that global illegals give a hoot about what it took to build the greatest nation on earth? They are not here to be new members of the great melting pot that makes the USA great–to work hard, learn English, and fight for America’s freedom. No, they are here to take treasure, live in their conclaves, vote democrat, while others like terrorists are here to destroy our nation.
The Biden Administration is destroying our country from within. The 2024 election is for the nation’s survival. Biden/Obama and their cronies have got to go!!
