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West Virginia’s birthday celebrates struggle, significance and success

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By Larry Hypes
| Yahoo Life Verified
Happy Birthday, West Virginia! Born in controversy in 1863, the Mountain State has managed to survive a host of challenges. First, for much of the 17th century on, the area was largely looked down upon by the prosperous land owners of Tidewater and surrounding regions who usually regarded western Virginia as a wild and virtually unpopulated area that did not deserve much of a hand in state government.
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West Virginia’s birthday celebrates struggle, significance and success

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By Larry Hypes
| Bluefield Daily Telegraph Verified
Happy Birthday, West Virginia! Born in controversy in 1863, the Mountain State has managed to survive a host of challenges. First, for much of the 17th century on, the area was largely looked down upon by the prosperous land owners of Tidewater and surrounding regions who usually regarded western Virginia as a wild and virtually unpopulated area that did not deserve much of a hand in state government.
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D-Day at 81: War on the beaches as assault continues on a free press

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By Larry Hypes
| Yahoo Verified
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." So said no less a scholar than Thomas Jefferson, a man of letters who not only wrote the Declaration of Independence but went on to become President of the United States. Prior to that, the lanky red-head won a term as Governor of Virginia, held the post of Secretary of State and was also Vice President.
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