Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-30
VIRGINIA RESPECTS
IT'S OLD RELICS
WHY NOT MARYIAl

landmarks IN America 10 mail.
for new buildings of doubtful Nv
something to be deplorea 50,
Rochester Post Express
The few really fine ola s,a.
which We have in Rothes.s,
hold their places BY only
thread. and nobody seems IL ]
either money or public spir,, ,o.
them. In Virginia they are ,,.,.
ter. They seem TO have a rs,,...
their relics. and those place, -,
are so closely connected WIN |
early history are carefully pr--I
1t is so generally accepted thai j
mouth Rock and the wonderful N
flower marked the first se,tlan,,,
English on Americas soil ,bs,
do not know or, il knowing giy. b.
tie attention, that the FIRST suec.,,
planting of Anglo-Saxon ciyil,,,
in the New World was conspnn,
on May 18th. 1907, upon neo,,
adjoining the northern shore q, N
water river called The Powham
the province of Virginia. abop, n
miles from the Atlantic Ocean
The river was renamed james r.
and the settlement called Iamegol
in honor of the reignng monora
England. James / Here tbe I
World first met the new. Herr
white man first met the red for ,srI
ment ami civilization. Here the M
man welded the axe 10 Gu, The /,
tree for the first log cabin-the n
village rose TO the first State Csbfl
Here was the first of a nation Of Id
men, which has stretched It's milh,
and its dominionS across the Conlitd
to the shores OF another ocean. CeI
the Pacific now 10 measure he n
gression and power OF a great pegI
The trip up the James river by ID
| light is a delightful one. From |
| decks Of the steamer can be seen ma
old places where much history u
made. Westover, Berkeley, Brand
Tettington, Tamahouhd and al
places.
At Williamsburg the gretnwan
It's ancient college lies like a arI
of emerald velvet, and lis hosD1bl
doors unfold to greet strangep l9 |
reveal interiors rich In @Nt
colonial furnishings and VaA ua
with portraits that in many In'1l
have come down through five % Y
generations.
History OF James River
Every foot Of James river 10 q
winding course, is marked by Da
object OF interest. or rendered meme
Fable for the occurrence OF some ~
| Gus historical event The site O 2
old Jacqueline Mansion, one o.
first brick houses built In AmCHa
interesting because In after yeah
became the home of Mary Cary Z
married Edward Amber having Y
refused the hand OF George "a'p-
ton. Tradition has il that NaSA''sl
wooed and won Mrs. Gurus os'4.
he fancied she resembled his mrs. .
| He never met this first swee'D''
! from the time she rejected nm y
after the surrender Of yorktown. =
General Washington bowed 10" =.
the hand of Mrs. Amber Wh0 70
turn swept him a deep courtesy
Brandon House, the nome y "A
| Harrisons, from the time Of Us y. =.
ing until the present day, Is a i''''
house of American history. OP'
walls handsome portraits OF n'a !
beautiful women. Among 'O' = :,
noted being those Of Evelyn u
| Colonel william Byrd hef o .'y
| Nathaniel Waltho. clerk OF tAe OI y.
Assembly in 1744; Charles ~ n.
fourth Earl Of Orange; Ca'I''' ,..a
ltagne Earl Of Fairfax; John, 81, y.
Deans" Argyll; Sir Robert s ool..,
Deans" Argyll; Sir Robert 9OI -,
for five years president oil 'l ..,a -
second william Byrd was e5 o..l..
lord Egmont. first Earl Of I hsI
Sir charles wager. a naval o'l -.
distinction in the reign u b
Anne; Lady Betty Clayp0l''
Albemarle, and others c,o,
Westoyer, It's Growing Olv,' ,
| Then comes beautiful Bef l3.,5.o
home Of william Henry h, -. J
sbirIev where Anne Garter, ' ! d /
ther of Robert E. Lee, lived l ~ Iaa
over c the browning glory o. In
river. the abode Of the first .,t ys' md
If his day. the man Of affairs So. ~ !
M man No Of letters. elegant rslns' =
cultivated to the highest aSs 9iesn1
liam Byrd, the founder o. 81 and ao5 81
perhaps PERI when all is said I nv 10
r rernf Ryra is more universally l 5 I'd
a. Sol the father Of his charming n9ss r 4
ter. Evelyn, than in any .e 1's d
t1a, grave can still be seen ID, d
We Westeyer burying ground ,,n. d
w.. %eS' Gates. with heraldie: ari Hs.tgr
s s,ss s sa the entrance TO the .,,. S .
s grounds. Within. the . po,,'o once
s saOa' which like mirror 4 rs Ersl
aeea~yt the exquisite charms ~ = p1tbd
Byrd,s graceful form, ana -. a popei
,o,al;ness of a face that me- 30 gpgli