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| Inside the Mclean home in Appomattox Court House where on April 9, 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee formaly surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. |
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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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