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The site of the Garrett Farm near Port Royal. The post marks the corner of the farm house where assasin John Wilkes Booth died after being shot by a Union soldier or so goes the official story. |
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Website : www.virginia.gov |
Capital
: Richmond |
Highest
point : Mount
Rogers, 5,729 feet |
Area : 42,769 square miles,
35th largest state. |
Population : 7,078,515
(2000 Census) |
Motto
: Sic
semper tyannis (Thus always to tyrants)
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Admitted to
Union : June
25, 1788 |
State
Song : "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" |
State Bird : Cardinal
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State Flower : Flowering Dogwood
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State Tree : Flowering Dogwood
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