Rick Kennerly

“The City of Williamsburgh is pleasantly situated on an high and dry Spot, adorned with publick Buildings, a fair Capitol, and a famous College … so that it promises to become a flourishing Seat of Government and Learning.”-- The Virginia Gazette 1736

“This Island is temperate and humid, in most parts exceedingly fertile, full of rivers, streams, springs, and good waters; it is the most beautiful and picturesque in the Americas.”--Diego de Torres Vargas 1647

“I have pressed all my powers into the improvement of Monticello & the re-establishment of my domestic system.” Jefferson in letter Madison

“You go to heaven if you want. I’d rather stay in Bermuda.”

“Annapolis was the crucible where I learned discipline and duty. It shaped me in ways I only recognized years later.”--John McCain

“To stand in Pompeii is to stare directly into antiquity’s eyes—unblinking and hauntingly familiar.” -- Aldous Huxley