Virginia

English: Virginia is a state of the United States. Note that West Virginia refers to the state of West Virginia not to the western part of Virginia.

Español: Virginia es un estado de Estados Unidos. Nota que West Virginia (Virginia del Oeste) es un estado distinto y no la parte oeste de Virginia.

Flag
Bandera
Commerative quarter
Moneda comemorativa
Map
Mapa
Topographic map
Mapa topografico

Physical Geography[edit]

Chesapeake Bay Landsat photo
Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park
Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah Valley
The Natural Bridge

Cities[edit]

Richmond, capital of Virginia
Virginia Beach
Roanoke

Landmarks[edit]

Statue of John Smith at Historic Jamestowne
The reconstructed Capitol at Williamsburg
Virginia Capitol Building in Richmond
Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson
Yorktown Victory Monument, Yorktown
Fort Monroe in Hampton
Chancellorsville Battlefield
George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke
Shipbuilding yard in Newport News
The Pentagon in Arlington, overlooking washington, D.C.
National cemetery in Arlington / US-Nationalfriedhof in Arlington

History[edit]

1630 version of the 1608 John Smith Map
The Burning of Jamestown, by Howard Pyle (1907), depicting the burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion, 1677
Battle of Virginia Capes
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown
George Washington as Farmer at Mount Vernon
Ruins of Richmond following the American Civil War
YB-17 crew at Langley during WWII (1942)
Little Joe rocket on Wallops Island, part of Project Mercury