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| Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in VA for 400 year anniversary of Jamestown founding |
| 2007-05-03 |
| Edited for brevity. Thousands of Virginia residents poured into their state capitol this cool spring afternoon to try to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, on their visit to mark the 400th anniversary of nearby Jamestown colony. The queen, who was to arrive by a chartered jet CARBON ALERT! at Richmond Airport around 3 p.m., will head to the governor's mansion for a short reception, followed by a "walkabout" at the Capitol, where she is expected to greet onlookers before addressing Virginia's General Assembly, the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World, which traces its origins to the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619. She is also expected to meet with survivors of last month's Virginia Tech shootings. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #4 LOL Seafarious |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-05-03 21:07 |
| #3 Wonder what she thinks about the 50 years between the visits... Ask, and ye shall receive: She said that when she visited the settlement at Jamestown in 1957, the emphasis was wholly on the white European nature of the pioneering enterprise in the colony of Virginia. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-05-03 20:23 |
| #2 Yeah - they closed all the streets and government buildings around the Capital. Talk about a traffic nightmare! She's gone on to Williamsburg/Jamestown now, AFAIK (I'm still at work), but some of the other downtown streets are still blocked due to a 10-K (8-K?) race scheduled for today. Luckily, the garage where I park is just beyond the mess. I saw a picture in the paper of the Queen and Prince Phillip at Jamestown 50 years ago; I'd forgotten all about that. Wonder what she thinks about the 50 years between the visits - if she ever thought she'd be back a second time. At least we ordered up cool, damp weather for her. Bet she felt right at home. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-03 17:44 |
| #1 Just make sure Reggie Jackson is secured... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-05-03 17:27 |