Shipping from the State of Missouri to Virginia
Nicknamed the Show Me State, Missouri was instituted into the union in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise. The state is an important hub of transportation and commerce in early America through the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a monument to Missouri’s role as the “Gateway to the West.” St. Louis, Missouri, is abode to the Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser beer, and proud to hold the largest beer-producing plant in the country.
Missouri has bounding lines with eight states, most with Tennessee. Iowa stands to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee (en route to the Mississippi River) to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. The state capital is Jefferson City. And the state motto is Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”).
Shipping to the State of Missouri to Virginia
Virginia, which was a part of the initial colonies, was one of the first parts of the United States to be permanently inhabited by the English. The English then went ahead to create Jamestown on the shores of the James River in 1607. Virginia is the home state of reputable personalities such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and some other founding fathers. The state played a crucial role in the American Revolution, which lasted between 1775 and 1783.
In addition, during the Civil War, which occurred between 1861 and 1865, the city of Richmond, Virginia, became the capital of the Confederacy, and more than half of the war’s battles were fought in the state. Today, many government organizations have their headquarters in Virginia. This is most true about Arlington, which is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Asides the eight presidents from there, other famous Virginians include singer Ella Fitzgerald, tennis star Arthur Ashe, actress Shirley MacLaine and authors Willa Cather and Tom Wolfe.
