Preamble
Upon the founding of the Town of Plymouth and the Plymouth Colony circa 1620, following the realization that a plague had wiped out the Wampanoag population of Patuxet, the first settlers of the Plymouth Colony had given thanks to the God of Pilgrim Christianity. Puritanism was initially meant to “purify’ the Church of England, effectively removing all Catholic-coded elements that had supposedly made the Church “impure.” Unfortunately, however, the history of Thanksgiving is effectively synonymous with the history of settler colonialism, and holiday celebrations generally exist in direct offense to the indigenous populations whom have been impacted by numerous celebrations.
About Social Roles
Social roles are highly debated in numerous modern-day societies, whether the roles are hierarchical in the South or more of a meshwork in the North. Different social groups tend toward different social roles, depending on numerous different dimensions of diversity and inclusion; however, the specific cultural aspects may also dramatically vary globally. The novaTopFlex policy is that of diversity, equity, and inclusion, understanding that social roles are not nearly as clear-cut as society often makes the roles out to be. Regarding social roles, every divergence from societal norms is very important to identify, particularly if there are historical forces associated within the subtext. Such historical forces often occur because figures had often made history for being out of the ordinary, in many cases appearing anachronistic.
Notable Divergences
Within the realm of social roles, novaTopFlex effectively acts as an ally for all identities and expressions to find interests appropriate to character rather than assigned at birth or otherwise. Perhaps the most famous of these deviations is the Women in STEM movement, which had actually existed for centuries up to this point but has been made increasingly visible in just the past few decades. According to Britannica, Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), an associate of Charles Babbage, was highly renowned (and perhaps incorrectly so) for being identified as the world’s first computer programmer. However, in reality, Lovelace was living at a time prior to the modern-day computing paradigm. Other notable divergences from around the nineteenth century had included Maria Mitchell, an astronomer from Nantucket, Massachusetts; Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross; and Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott of the Seneca Falls Convention–all violating social roles on the basis of sex. Supposed racial roles have also been broken through by such individuals as Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois, both renowned for actions that would eventually become connected to emancipation.
Parallels to the Virginia Dynasty?
In theory, yes, everyone has parallels with at least some subset of historical figures. For novaTopFlex, dance interests, albeit very different from the eighteenth-century connotations, are very like-minded relative to the age of George Washington, whose birthplace was very different in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Within the United States of America, George Washington is highly renowned for reasons largely associated with simply being the first President of the United States (POTUS). Later in life, when the Washington family lived at Mount Vernon further inland in Northern Virginia, George’s legacy as a Founding Father would become renowned to a significantly greater extent. Although knowledge of his youth was largely lost to history, his surveying experiences with the Virginia Company were among the few remaining experiences from his early life (George Washington’s Mount Vernon).
While novaTopFlex would have historically agreed predominantly with the Yankee settlers and rarely, if ever, with the Southerners (for instance, as having beliefs against slavery and strict hierarcy), surprising parallels between novaTopFlex and the identities of traditional Southerners may also occur. While life in the twenty-first century claims not to believe in human slavery following the realization of the numerous moral issues that slave labor has caused in the past, global capitalism has effectively caught on, profiting off of conditions effectively reminiscent of slave labor. Numerous corporations censor words associated with human slavery, slave labor, and other corporate accusations, yet society has yet to acknowledge the global devastation caused by capitalism (and yes, another reason to identify Black Friday on November 29, 2025, along with every other Black Friday, as “unethical”). novaTop in particular is feeling the deepest effects of the burden of capitalism and capitalist life, living in a society that forces “tradition” and is uneasy with nontraditional values and roles.
Apart from George Washington, novaTopFlex would have also identified numerous parallels involving Hamilton, Lafayette, and yes, even Jefferson. While the relationship between Washington and Jefferson would ultimately end in estrangement, prior to the tension between the two Jefferson would have identified him as the ultimate symbol of the American Revolution. Channeling his energy against tyranny from British rule, he would ultimately become entitled to the top government position in the United States of America, yet the nation would initially be seen as “successful” simply because the national identity meant that Washington would not be considered the “King of America.” Unfortunately, such political arrangements nowadays are often seen as outdated, with corporate victories increasingly outpacing individual successes and individual defeats becoming normalized under very unfortunate terms.
Like historic George Washington, novaTopFlex is increasingly accomplished in authoring, designing, and dancing. Unfortunately, however, twenty-first-century life makes horsemanship and breeding increasingly difficult and pushed out to the margins by corporate power, every corporation of which is inherently unethical in nature. While not technically a farmer nor even a surveyor, the geoTop Identity is highly influenced by shared historical contexts with surveyors. At the time of George Washington, much of the frontier territory had remained uncharted, yet he had often been the first to document the characteristics of such territory. Traditional English logic would have identified different features of the territories in question, measuring effectively every feature in a traditional system known as the “metes and bounds” system, existing long prior to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) that is often associated with the Midwest and the West. All the aforementioned roles of George Washington had existed along with his political background and military expertise, and as such, he was the combined sum of all of his pieces.
More than just Washington
In addition to George Washington, the novaTop community may also be surprised to draw similar parallels to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, all of whom are every bit as Southern as Washington was. While John Adams was POTUS in between the times of Washington and Jefferson, he was actually from Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, within the New England region already renowned for more progressive politics and political beliefs that would ultimately result in calls for religious utopian communal societal arrangements. Around midway between Plymouth and Boston within the newfound Commonwealth of Massachusetts that had evolved from a unified Massachusetts Bay Colony, Quincy is located along the Massachusetts Bay and is increasingly associated with Metropolitan Boston in the modern day.
According to the Monticello website, Thomas Jefferson of the Virginia Piedmont of Albemarle County was more than just a president–he was also a slave owner, philosopher, architect, father, lawyer, revolutionary, scientist, writer, governor, diplomat, and vice president at different points within his lifetime. Like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson was able to make history as an integral portion of the Virginia Dynasty, though perhaps unlike Washington, he was able to promote religious freedom, found a public university, assist in the creation of the District of Columbia, establish an opposition party, and launch the first ever peaceful transfer of political power (Monticello). Though born in Shadwell, his Monticello home would become largely renowned for historical scenery and as a historic landmark that the nation should attempt to preserve for far longer than the general population is forced to believe. Following his death, his obelisk grave marker with an attached epitaph had read: “Here was buried / Thomas Jefferson / Author of the / Declaration / of American Independence / of the / Statute of Virginia / for / Religious Freedom / and Father of the / University of Virginia / Born April 2, 1743 [Old Style] / Died July 4, 1826” (Monticello).
The fourth and fifth Presidents of the United States, James Madison and James Monroe, respectively, were also from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and both were, in fact, within relatively close proximity to the physical locations of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. However, just like Washington and Jefferson were dramatically different in worldviews–and even had tensions at times–Madison and Monroe had also maintained divergent worldviews relative to one another. While Washington and Jefferson were perhaps most notable for being two of the Founding Fathers, James Madison was actually notable more locally within the Northern Virginia region, particularly within the County of Orange. Within the County of Orange, the Madison family plantation at Montpelier was a special and unique estate, clearly distinct from the historic plantation sites in such places as the Northern Neck or even the Virginia Peninsula closer up to the Tidewater. Although not much recognition is received for James Madison relative to Washington and Jefferson, Madisonian ideals had included the Virginia Plan that had been designed to benefit large states, as opposed to the New Jersey Plan by William Paterson that had been designed to benefit smaller states in the then-newfound nation. He would later become the Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson, and subsequently POTUS after several more years. However, later in his presidency, escalating tensions between the United States and Great Britain had been identified, culminating in the War of 1812 (which had actually continued for a few years beyond just 1812).
Unlike Washington and Jefferson, Madison had actually maintained his family plantation throughout the entirety of his lifetime, remaining connected to Montpelier throughout his lifetime. Apart from being the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817, he was highly renowned as the Father of the Constitution, authoring the Bill of Rights and leading the Democratic-Republican political party of his time. He had also been highly notable for championing religious freedom and checks and balances while also co-writing the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay (in direct contrast to the Anti-Federalist Papers associated with George Mason, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and Robert “Brutus” Yates).
Following the presidency of James Madison was the presidency of James Monroe, ending the Virginia Dynasty as he would eventually be followed by John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts. Like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, James Madison was yet another of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, being the final Founding Father to serve the presidency in addition to closing the Virginia Dynasty. Unlike the Washingtonian, Jeffersonian, and potentially Madisonian operations that had depended on slavery, Monrovian ideals had included the gradual emancipation of former enslaved persons. According to Highland, James Monroe would ultimately become effectively as successful as the preceding members of the Virginia Dynasty.
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