State Facts

The Atlantic Flyway, a route for birds migrating along the Atlantic coast, crosses Virginia, and the state provides important resting and feeding grounds.
 

Because of Virginia's prestige, the Confederate capital was moved on May 21, 1861, from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond.
 

Virginia was the birthplace of many U.S. presidents, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

Virginia was the site of the surrenders ending the American Revolution (Yorktown) and the Civil War (Appomattox).

Tobacco was once Virginia's sole economic crop.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.

Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond.

Opened in 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is 18 miles long and has two bridges and two mile-long tunnels. It extends over the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and connects the cities of Cape Charles and Norfolk.

Government employment, especially the Federal government and military, has replaced tobacco as the state's number one industry.

Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.

Virginia has had 3 capital cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond.

Virginia is the home base for the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.