[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Jim Jatras [@JimJatras](/creator/twitter/JimJatras) on x 15.2K followers Created: 2025-07-24 01:56:45 UTC ❥ Theme: “The Cradle and the Crucible: Ludwell’s Virginia Through War and Revolution, & the Future of Orthodoxy in the South & in America“ As the “the first, largest, and most prosperous of the British colonies in America,” Virginia is known as “The Mother of States.” She is the cradle of the Cavalier high culture and was nicknamed “Old Dominion” by King Charles II in recognition of her loyalty to the British Crown, particularly during the English Civil War. She is the “Mother of Presidents,” with four of the first five presidents of These United States calling Virginia home. Hence, Virginia is the crucible where the American identity was forged. Today, some might even call that a Southern identity and both are partially true because there would simply be no “America” without the Old Dominion, her statesmen and soldiers, her traditions and folkways, her letters and literature, her character and history, and her unique ethos and “older religiousness.” Virginia also happens to be the birthplace and home of Col. Phillip Ludwell III, the first Orthodox convert in North America. If you want to know more about why this Cavalier is the Fellowship’s namesake, please read here: XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [king charles](/topic/king-charles) [mother of](/topic/mother-of) [united states](/topic/united-states) [Post Link](https://x.com/JimJatras/status/1948200648467509631)
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Jim Jatras @JimJatras on x 15.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-24 01:56:45 UTC
❥ Theme:
“The Cradle and the Crucible: Ludwell’s Virginia Through War and Revolution, & the Future of Orthodoxy in the South & in America“
As the “the first, largest, and most prosperous of the British colonies in America,” Virginia is known as “The Mother of States.” She is the cradle of the Cavalier high culture and was nicknamed “Old Dominion” by King Charles II in recognition of her loyalty to the British Crown, particularly during the English Civil War. She is the “Mother of Presidents,” with four of the first five presidents of These United States calling Virginia home. Hence, Virginia is the crucible where the American identity was forged. Today, some might even call that a Southern identity and both are partially true because there would simply be no “America” without the Old Dominion, her statesmen and soldiers, her traditions and folkways, her letters and literature, her character and history, and her unique ethos and “older religiousness.”
Virginia also happens to be the birthplace and home of Col. Phillip Ludwell III, the first Orthodox convert in North America. If you want to know more about why this Cavalier is the Fellowship’s namesake, please read here:
XXX engagements
Related Topics king charles mother of united states