Date Admitted to the Union:
June 25, 1788 - Virginia was the 10th state.
Virginia State Capital:
Richmond
State Nickname:
Old Dominion
State Motto:
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
Translation: Thus Always to Tyrants
Translation: Thus Always to Tyrants
Virginia State Bird:
Cardinal
Virginia State Flower:
American Dogwood
Virginia State Tree:
American Dogwood
Cities With Population Over 100,000:
- Virginia Beach
- Norfolk
- Chesapeake
- Arlington
- Richmond
- Newport News
- Hampton
- Alexandria
- Portsmouth
Eleven Famous People From Virginia :
- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
- William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States
- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Leaders of the Expedition into the Louisiana Purchase
- James Madison, 4th President of the United States
- James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
- Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States
- John Tyler, 10th President of the United States
- Booker T. Washington, African-American Educator
- George Washington, 1st President of the United States
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
