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| The home of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the birthplace of President William Henry Harrison. "Taps" was composed here and this was also the sight of the first official Thanksgiving in 1619. |
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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 |
 State Flower : Flowering Dogwood |
 State Tree : Flowering Dogwood |
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