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Virginia:
In 1604, Jamestown (near the mouth of the James River), became the first permanent English settlement in America.

This stunning land of mountains, valleys and rivers played major roles in both the Revolutionary War and Civil War, and in fact, many leaders of same were Virginians, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, to name but a few.

Both wars took very heavy tolls on Virginia - and in the Civil War - more men fought and died here than in any other state. At Appomattox, in April of 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant - officially ending the Civil War.

Tobacco farming was introduced in the early 1600s, and within a few years, plantations covered the land - from Richmond to the Chesapeake Bay. Even today, Tobacco remains Virginia's most profitable crop.

Hampton Roads, one of America's most important commercial and military ports, sits at the entrance of the Chesapeake at Norfolk. Here the U.S. Navy keeps its Atlantic Fleet.

Virginia is tightly woven into the fabric of America. This historic home of seven U.S. Presidents, is renown for the architecture, beauty and splendor of colonial America.

Virginia

Virginia's official state flag was adopted in 1861. The state's seal was placed on the flag at the start of America's Civil War in 1861.

The flag has a deep blue background with a white circle in the center. The seal in the center features the words "VIRGINIA," and "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIES" (Latin for "thus always to tyrants").

Depicting the state's motto on the flag is the goddess Virtue (who is holding a sword and a spear). She has defeated a tyrant, who is lying on the ground, and is holding a chain and a scourge (a whip). To the right is the tyrant's fallen crown.

Virtue symbolizes Virginia and the tyrant symbolizes Britain. Red Virginia creepers and green leaves surround the scene.

Official name: Virginia
Capital: Richmond
Statehood: June 25, 1788 the 10th state
State nickname: The Old Dominion State
Name for residents: Virginians
State motto: Sic semper tyrannis
(Thus always to tyrants)
Abbreviation: VA

Virginia's Historical Event's:

about 10,000 bc Nomadic bands of Native American hunters range across the region.
1600 Settled peoples speaking Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian languages occupy the region.
1607 The first permanent English settlement in America is established at Jamestown.
1613 Successful cultivation of tobacco, the colony's first money crop, begins using an improved strain developed by John Rolfe.
1619 The western hemisphere's first legislature meets at Jamestown. The first Africans are brought to Virginia.
1622 Settlements in Virginia are almost wiped out by Native Americans in the Great Massacre.
1624 Virginia becomes England's first royal colony.
1676 A rebellion is led by Nathaniel Bacon.
1716 An expedition under Alexander Spotswood sights the Shenandoah Valley.
1754-1763 The French and Indian War is fought, partly because settlers in western Virginia threaten French interests in the region.
1765 The House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves to protest the British Stamp Act.
1774 Virginia's governor, Lord Dunmore, closes the legislature.
1775 Lord Dunmore flees Virginia, and the colonial government is ended.
1776 The fifth Virginia convention proclaims Virginia a free and independent state and adopts a bill of rights and a constitution.
1781 George Washington's victory at Yorktown ends major action in the American Revolution.
1788 Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and to enter the Union (June 25).
1800 Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion.
1831 Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion.
1861 Virginia secedes from the Union (April 17) and joins the Confederacy.
1861-1865 The American Civil War is fought, mainly in Virginia.
1863 The western counties that separated from Virginia become the State of West Virginia.
1870 Virginia is re admitted to the Union (January 26).
1902 A new constitution goes into effect, with clauses designed to prevent blacks from voting.
1926-1930 Governor Harry F. Byrd reorganizes Virginia's government.
1959 Racial integration begins in Virginia's public schools.
1964 Reapportionment gives urban areas control of Virginia's legislature. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is completed.
1969 Linwood Holton is elected Virginia's first Republican governor in a century.
1971 A new state constitution, adopted in 1970, goes into effect.
1989 L. Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, is elected Virginia's first black governor.

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