State Profile for Virginia

Added to Union: June 25, 1788 (10th State)	State Official Bird: Cardinal
Capital: Richmond	State Official Flower: Dogwood
State Website: http://www.virginia.gov/	State Official Tree: Dogwood Tree

Historical Figures from Virginia

• Philip Pendleton Barbour
  
• John Blair
  
• Warren Earl Burger
  
• Peter Vivian Daniel
  
• William Henry Harrison
  
• Thomas Jefferson
  
• James Madison
  
• John Marshall
  
• James Monroe
  
• Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
  
• Antonin Gregory Scalia
  
• Zachary Taylor
  
• Thomas Todd
  
• Robert Trimble
  
• John Tyler
  
• Bushrod Washington
  
• George Washington
  
• Woodrow Wilson
  

Historical Sites in Virginia

• Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington
  
• Ash Lawn-Highland Home of James Monroe, Charlottesville
  
• Berkeley Plantation, Charles City
  
• George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Garden, Mt. Vernon
  
• Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond
  
• James Madison Museum, Orange
  
• James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier Station
  
• James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, Fredericksburg
  
• Monticello, Charlottesville
  
• Monticello Cemetery, Charlottesville
  
• Sherwood Forest, Charles City County
  
• St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond
  
• Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Staunton
  

There are 13 sites in Virginia

Did you know?

The Emancipation Proclamation, enacted by President Lincoln, only freed slaves in territories not under Union control. The slave-owning territories that still belonged to the Union were not required to free their slaves. This was in order to not lose the support of those territories still part of the Union.

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