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| Outside Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery. Also known as the Lee-Custis Mansion. The mansion was
owned and constructed by the first president's adopted grandson, George
Washington Parke Custis. It was later owned by General Robert E. Lee who resigned his commision in the US Army here before taking command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War. |
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Flag |
Seal |
| 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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