Virginia: Old Dominion

• Alternate Nicknames: Mother of Presidents
• Capital: Richmond
• Major Cities:
  • Alexandria
  • Arlington
  • Charlottesville
  • Virginia Beach
  • Norfolk
• Major Geographical Features
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Potomac River
  • James River
  • Shenandoah River
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
• National Parks: Shenandoah National Park
• 1607: Jamestown becomes the 1st permanent British settlement in the Americas
• 1781: Lord Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia
  • Ends the American Revolution
• 1788: Virginia becomes the 10th state
• 1861: Virginia becomes the 8th state to secede from the Union
  • Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America
• 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
  • Ends the American Civil War
• Motto: "Thus always to tyrants"
• Name Meaning: Named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen
• Industries
  • Coal
  • Tobacco
  • Dairy
  • Government
    • Virginia borders the District of Columbia
    • Both the FBI and the CIA are headquartered in Virginia
• Arlington National Cemetery is located in Virginia
• Famous People
  • Louis and Clark
  • Richard Byrd
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Booker T. Washington
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • James Monroe
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Tyler
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Woodrow Wilson