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Several hundred years ago the letter u did look like the letter v. It was traditional to use the older letter styles on courthouses, city halls, state capitols. We use modern lettering now and do not put the older letters on the modern, newer government buildings.
The V is much easier to cut into the stone then the curved U. It was a sort of short cut for the stone masons and the tradition has been carried on through the ages. With today's sandblasting methods, it is much easier to do all the shapes.
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Why do you sometimes see the letter V replace the letter U in stone work on the face of classic buildings.....for example the campus library has Education but it's spelled edvcation.....?
just v cause
How do you pronounce in English the Russian name Svechin?
Svechin is pronounced exactly as it is spelled. S-v-ye-chin, it rhymes with Gretchen.
Where is the oldest courthouse in the US located?
King William County, Virginia, has the oldest active courthouse. It was built in 1725. Queenstown, Maryland, has the oldest courthouse still standing. It was built in 1708. It is now a museum.
Where did the surrender papers of the civil war signed?
somewhere over the rainbow to your mom's house
