GeoByte1:Virginia has given the nation eight presidents, more than any other state. Among them are Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
GeoByte2:The Civil War effectively came to an end when Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
GeoByte3:The capital of Virginia is Richmond.
GeoByte4:Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington, is in Fairfax County, Virginia.
GeoByte5:Virginia's nickname is the "Old Dominion State."
GeoByte6:Jamestown, Virginia, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in America.