virginia

     

The Commonwealth of Virginia (pronounce /vɚˈdʒɪnjə/) is an American state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the U.S. with over 7.7 million residents, and the 35th-largest in area. It is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who, never having married, was known as the 'Virgin Queen'. The state is also known as the "The Old Dominion" and sometimes "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents.

Trivia about virginia

  • Its state flag, based on a design from 1776, shows Virtue, dressed like an Amazon, triumphing over Tyranny
  • Of the original 13 colonies, this one had the first permanent European settlement
  • The International Azalea Festival is held each April in Norfolk in this state
  • Shoppers, take note: the Potomac Mills discount mall is this state's No. 1 tourist destination
  • In 1959 this state's schools were integrated as black students joined white in Norfolk & Arlington
  • Taylor was the seventh president born in this state
  • The largest U.S. naval base is at Norfolk in this state
  • Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell in this state
  • To earn the name, Smithfield hams must be cured in the area around Smithfield in this state
  • "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
  • Williamsburg was the capital of this colony from 1699 to 1776
  • Fantastic figureheads are on display in the Mariners' Museum in Newport News in this state
  • The monument to Geo. Washington at this state's capitol contains a crypt which was meant to be his tomb
  • Delaware,Rhode Island,Virginia
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has the code DCA but is located in this state
  • Its colonial governors included Thomas Lee, Robert Dinwiddle & Nathaniel Bacon
  • "Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants)"
  • In the 1790s, Robert Carter, like Thomas Jefferson a planter in this state, freed hundreds of his own slaves
  • Improvement of the "mixing bowl" interchange in this state near D.C. met its budget of $676 mil.--revised from $350 million
  • The first president from this state was the first president, George Washington
  • Gabriel Prosser & Nat Turner led slave insurrections in this state
  • On December 28, 1856, Woodrow Wilson became the eighth president born in this state
  • Johnny was born in this Southern state, as were 8 U.S. presidents
  • It's "The Mother of States" as well as "The Mother of Presidents"
  • Most of the battles in the west took place in Tennessee, most in the east in this state
  • In the 1790 census, this state had the most people, a few of whom didn't go on to be president
  • First name of the girl who asked the Sun newspaper in 1897, "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?"
  • This state was named for Elizabeth I around 1584
  • After raising the Merrimack, the Confederates renamed it this, for the state near where it was sunk
  • Robert E. Lee's nephew Major General Fitzhugh Lee was governor of this state from 1886 to 1890
  • Pocahontas State Park
  • "The Romantic Comedians" begins an Ellen Glasgow trilogy that "Carries us back to" this Southern state
  • Virginia,West Virginia,Kentucky
  • Queen Victoria loved this state's Smithfield hams so much she had them shipped to England
  • In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in this colony, capturing & burning Jamestown
  • In 1990 Douglas Wilder became the USA's first elected black governor after winning election in this state
  • Willa Cather was born in this "Old Dominion" state, not in Nebraska
  • The Skyline Drive provides spectacular views of this state's Shenandoah National Park
  • In 1819 Thomas Jefferson founded the University of this, his home state
  • Susan Constant, Godspeed & Discovery, ships that brought settlers to Jamestown
  • Richmond
  • Charles Robb,John Warner
  • A small "gin" fizzes in this state
  • This state's Declaration of Rights was most influential in the creation of our Bill of Rights
  • Rockingham,Rappahannock,Roanoke
  • Edmund Randolph
  • Dating from about 1730, Stratford Hall was the birthplace of Robert E. Lee in this state
  • Pocahontas State Park
  • John Tyler was born in this state in 1790 (don't say naked) & he died in it in 1862 (don't say naked)
  • "The birthplace of eight presidents"
  • Ellen Glasgow set her novel "Barren Ground" in the Piedmont area of this, her home state
  • George & Martha Washington, on Jan. 6, 1759
  • The first laws against alcohol in the Americas were passed in 1623 with the help of Gov. Francis Wyatt of this colony
  • In use since Antebellum days, the expression FFV refers to the first families of this state
  • Until 1792 Kentucky was a part of this state
  • "The Old Dominion"
  • Wines from this state include Chesapeake Blanc, Plantation Blush & James River White
  • North Carolina & West Virginia
  • Prince George,Prince William,Powhatan
  • Maryland is "the Old Line State"; this is "the Old Dominion"
  • The Susan Constant, Godspeed & Discovery are the ships depicted on this state's quarter
  • Like Patrick Henry before him, Tyler was governor of this state
  • The resolution for independence was introduced by Richard Henry Lee of this state
  • The battle took place in the northern part of this state
  • It's not only the "Mother of Presidents", it's the "Mother of Statesmen" as well
  • The Valentine Museum,The Museum & White House of the Confederacy
  • In 1776 23-year-old William & Mary grad Edmund Randolph became Attorney General of this state
  • Sweet Briar College & Washington and Lee University
  • This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake
  • The last major land battle of the Revolutionary War took place in this state
  • ...of the original 13 colonies
  • State in which Nat Turner led a slave revolt in 1831
  • This state's former governor Mark Warner donned his senatorial cap in 2009
  • Brothers Richard Henry Lee & Francis Lightfoot Lee signed the Declaration as representatives from this state
  • Chesapeake Arboretum, Williamsburg Botanical Garden
  • Poe's wife, who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied
  • A river in this state is named for the Rappahannock tribe that John Smith met in 1607
  • Walter Reed,Edgar Allan Poe,George F. Allen (who later was governor & a U.S. senator)
  • In politics, Democrats like to live in Georgetown; Republicans prefer McLean in this state
  • Appomattox,King and Queen,Spotsylvania
  • "The Romantic Comedians" begins an Ellen Glasgow trilogy that "carries us back to" this Southern state
  • State whose abbreviation is also a cabinet department that was formed in 1989
  • In 1989 this state elected the first African-American governor, L. Douglas Wilder
  • Love was in the air in 1969 when this state adopted the tourism slogan that says it "is for lovers"
  • Henry Lee & Fitzhugh Lee
  • The Bill of Rights is based mainly on this state's declaration of rights, written by George Mason
  • A defeated tyrant's fallen crown lies near him on the flag of this Southern state
  • Eight other states were formed all or in part from territory this state once claimed
  • Ride the Curse of Darkcastle at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg in this southern state
  • The 1st full-scale wind tunnel for testing planes was introduced at Langley Research Center in this state in 1931
  • The Woolf is at the door as this stately name
  • Shenandoah National Park
  • It was the Mayflower's original destination; then they ran out of beer
  • A Bill of Rights motion by George Mason, author of this state's Declaration of Rights, was rejected
  • Of the 11 Confederate states, this one was the farthest north
  • Not until 1939 did West Virginia pay off its 68-year-old financial debt to this state
  • Jim Webb
  • In the first census conducted in 1790, this state, with nearly 692,000 people, was the most populous
  • In 1846 the District of Columbia gave back about 30 square miles of its area to this state
  • Bob McDonnell
  • Its official state fossil is Chesapecten Jeffersonius
  • Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah N.P. overlooks the Shenandoah Valley in this state
  • In 1897 she wrote, "Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus"
  • James River
  • When the war began, N.Y. was the most populous Union state & this was the most populous Confederate one
  • On May 23 this state (its western part had doubts)
  • I feel like a lover in this state that's named for England's celibate queen, Elizabeth I
  • This state's Declaration of Rights was the model for our first 10 amendments