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| On the front porch of the McLean House in Appomattox Court House where the Civil War came to an end. The owner Wilmer McLean had owned a farm near Bull Run where the first major battle of the war took place. He moved here to get away from the war. The war literally started in his front yard and ended in his front parlor. |
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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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