What's so great about YOUR state?

[katerkat]

Oklahoma's really flat.

 

[Chattyaholic]

The "GREAT LAKES"

The Big Mac (Mackinaw Bridge)

Two separate peninsulas

Tons of gorgeous waterfalls

Loads of lighthouses

The four seasons, each beautiful in their own right

The auto industry

loons (my favorite bird!)

The Soo Locks

 

[Michelemouse]

Originally posted by jipsy
I don't know where you got your information from, but you need a new teacher

I got the information from the State of Connecticut website and I would assume they would know what they are talking about...but thanks so much for calling attention to all of the mistakes. I assure you they were unintentional. (I did misread the fact that the first AMERICAN bicycle was made in CT and that the first elected female governor was FROM CT.)

 

[Talking Hands]

Florida

DISNEY WORLD
Universal Studios
Busch Gardens
SeaWorld
Seaquarium
Miami Metrozoo
The Everglades
The Keys and Key West
Hurricanes, Seminoles and Gators football
Both Atlantic and Gulf beaches
native orchids which are beautiful
Alligators and Crocodiles in the same ecosystem
no income tax
great weather most of the time
NO SNOW!

 

[Michelemouse]

Removed - double post

 

[Blondie]

We have the four seasons, mountains on one side, the ocean on the other. Paramount's King's Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme parks. Lots of historical landmarks, great food and friendly people (most of the time!) I love the fact that I can be in the middle of all the action, and within a few minutes be in beautiful rolling countryside!

Some other interesting facts about Virginia:

Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809) and William Clark (1770 - 1838) Led a famous expedition to the Pacific ocean; both born in Virginia.

Edgar Allen Poe (1809 - 1849) Author of works such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher; lived in Richmond.

Warren Beatty (1937 - ) Director, actor, producer, writer; born in Richmond.

Roy Clark (1933 - ) Country music artist; born in Meherrin.

James E. West (1931 - ) Inventor of the Foil Electret Microphone; born in Prince Edward County.

Arthur Ashe (1943 - 1993) Famous tennis player; born in Richmond, and the first African-American male to win Wimbledon.

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996) Jazz singer; born in Newport News.

Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute; born on a small farm in the Virginia backcountry.

George Washington (1732 - 1799) First president of the U.S.; born in Westmoreland county.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) Third president of the U.S.; born in Albermarle County.

James Madison (1751 - 1836) Fourth president of the U.S.; born in Orange County.

James Monroe (1758 - 1831) Fifth president of the U.S.; born in Westmoreland County.

William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841) Ninth president of the U.S.; born in Berkeley.

John Tyler (1790 - 1862) Tenth president of the U.S.; born in Charles City County.

Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850) 12th president of the U.S.; born in Orange County.

Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) 28th president of the U.S.; born in Stauton.

Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888 - 1957) Explorer and first man to fly over North and South poles; born in Winchester.

Government employment, especially the Federal government and military, has replaced tobacco as the state's number one industry.

Virginia is the home base for the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.

Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond.

Virginia was the site of the surrenders ending the American Revolution (Yorktown) and the Civil War (Appomattox).

Above information was obtained here.

Virginia elected the nation’s first African-American governor, L. Douglas Wilder, a Richmonder.

Richmond was home to the first successful commercial electric streetcar system in 1888.