Boyce Agricultural High School - Echo Yearbook (Boyce, VA)

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® I3 e € c Ij 0 % IrTirgtnia The roses nowhere bloom so white, as in Virginia, The sun shines nowhere quite so bright, as in Virginia, I ' he birds sing nowhere quite so sweet, And nowhere hearts so lightly beat, For heaven and earth both seem to meet down in Virginia. The days are nowhere quite so long, as in Virginia, Nor now ' here quite so filled with song-, as in Virginia, And when it comes my time to die. Just take me back and let me lie, Close where the James goes rolling by. down in Virginia, There is nowhere a land so fair, as Old Virginia, So full of joy, so free from care, as Old Virginia, And I believe that happy land. The Lord’s prepared for mortal n:an Is built exactly on the plan of Old Virginia. 1 6 Eleven

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famestown Island 1607 The first permanent English settlement in America. The beginning of our nation and state. IMonticello 1 he home of d ' homas jefferson, located in iVlbemarle countv, irginia. lie was the author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, author of the bill for religaous freedom in ’iro-inia, and Founder of the P ' niversitv of ’ir;’inia. Farm scenes of the Old D.uninion Rich in agTicultural resources, a g-reat diversity of crops and livestock may be found distributed throu.ghout the don.r.ins of Virginia. Teu

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