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| The sign along the Eastbound lane of US 301 headed into Port Royal that marks the site of the Garrett Farm where assasin John Wilkes Booth was killed following the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. The actual site of the farm lies in the median between the East and West bound lanes. |
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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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