St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, is the burial site of Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe. She died in 1811 when he was two.

St. John’s is most famous for the speech of Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775.

Why Do Geese Fly in a V?

For the answer, go here, Ask Smithsonian, Why Do Geese Fly in a V?

Magnolia Acuminata

The pattern is The Grove by Carolyn Friedlander. I turned the blocks so that they would look like roots. I made a row for each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Football.

The location is the Violet Bank Museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia.

The tree was planted in 1718 and is the second largest Magnolia Acuminata in the world. (The largest is in Stark County, Ohio).