{"id":10484,"date":"2013-06-17T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=10484"},"modified":"2013-06-17T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:20:25","slug":"celebrating-150-years-of-west-by-god-mis-stated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/10484","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 150 Years of West (by God): Mis-Stated"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, June 20th, West Virginia turns 150 years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As someone who grew up here, I tend to be (extremely) defensive about the state.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the reasons why: these are things I regularly saw when growing up. <\/p>\n

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\"puzzle-map2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"rug-map-whole\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"state-capitols-whole\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"united-states-of-America-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"innovations_whole\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I know, you don’t get it. Let’s try a couple close-ups.<\/p>\n

\"innovations_wv\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"state-capitols-wv\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I grew up knowing that the people who made kids’ maps couldn’t be bothered to accurately represent my state.<\/p>\n

“Panhandles? No one’ll notice if they’re missing! Just make it a weird shaped blob and stick it in there. It’s not like anyone’ll care!”<\/p>\n

Why was this so maddening? Because we also grew up with this:<\/p>\n

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Go to about 9 minutes if you want to see what I’m talking about, though of course, the Pride of West Virginia is always worth watching. <\/p>\n

And if you’re wondering why the stands are empty on the east side of the stadium, it’s because this was for the high school Band Spectacular, not a game.<\/p>\n

And just for the hell of it, here’s a video of the band from 1978.<\/p>\n

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