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| A statue of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson at the Manassas National Battlefield. During the first major battle of the Civil War General Jackson held his lines at this spot against advancing Union forces. Troops under Jackson remarked that he stood there like a stone wall, thus giving him his nickname. |
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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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