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West Virginia Day is a state holiday in the US state of West Virginia. Celebrated annually on June 20, the day celebrates the state's 1863 admission to the Union as a result of the secession of several northwestern counties of Virginia during the American Civil War . [ 1 ]
June 20 – West Virginia Day November 2–8 (floating Tuesday) – Election Day / Susan B. Anthony Day (even numbered years only), November 23–29 (floating Friday) – Day after Thanksgiving
Official holiday West Virginia Day – June 20 : 1927 [3]: Official songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "The West Virginia Hills," "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" and "This Is My West Virginia"
Jun. 20—Thursday was West Virginia Day and Dustin Lambert was spending the morning of it on Interstate 77. He was motoring from Charleston, the Mountain State's capital city, to Wheeling, which ...
Jun. 17—CHARLESTON — During Thursday's briefing, Gov. Jim Justice provided a reminder of his recent announcement that all West Virginians are invited to the State Capitol Complex in Charleston ...
West Virginia regions 1863. West Virginia was created out of three regions of Virginia; the Northwest, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Southwest. [15] When secession from the United States became an issue for Virginia, there was little support for it in the counties bordering the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but there was more support in the central and southern counties of what became West ...
Jun. 17—FAIRMONT — West Virginia Day isn't just about celebrating the state's past, but also the state's future. That's the angle several climate awareness groups are taking with their ...
"Charles Ambler's Sectionalism in Virginia: An Appreciation," West Virginia History, Spring 2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pp 1–35; Ambler, Charles H. A History of Education in West Virginia From Early Colonial Times to 1949 (1951), 1000 pages; Curry, Richard Orr. A House Divided: A Study of Statehood Politics and Copperhead Movement in West Virginia ...