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| | Virginia - Local news and information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Virginia became the United States’ tenth state on June 25, 1788. |
 | | Virginia got its name from England’s “Virgin Queen”, Elizabeth I. Jamestown was the first established European settlement of the Colonial Era in the United States. |
 | | Eight presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson. |
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