What is National West Virginia Day?
Starting the week of Independence Day and ending with Hawaii. We feature a small portion of each states' past, foods, and the people who make up the state. Several states have their own state celebrations. There's so much more to explore that we can't help but celebrate our beautiful country even more.
Western Virginians clung to their Union allegiances, wrote their own constitution, and petitioned Congress for statehood when Virginia voted to withdraw from the Union. On June 20, 1863, West Virginia, the 35th state, was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863. It was the first state to be established from another territory and one of two new during the Civil War.
The North meets South at Harpers Ferry. The North meets South. Harpers Ferry is ripe with abolition movements and Civil War History, from John Brown's rebellion to Stonewall Jackson's Confederate victory..
The mountain state
West Virginia is dominated by three majestic mountain ridges, also known as The Mountain State.. In addition, the Allegheny, Appalachian, and the Blue Ridge Mountains provide the state with seventy-eight percent forest over its total area. West Virginia has been the country's largest producer of coal east of the Mississippi River thanks to the rugged mountains and slews of bituminous coal stores.
