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Get To Know Virginia

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Did You Know?

  • The Virginia is for Lovers slogan celebrates its 40th birthday in 2009. Virginia is for Lovers, created in 1969 as the state’s official tourism slogan, represents a love of life and a passion for travel.
  • Virginia is the only state in which America’s two national bicycle routes, Rt.1 and Rt. 76, intersect, and carries more miles of those routes than any other state.
  • Virginia is one of America’s most pet-friendly places with more than 500 pet-friendly lodging partners. Scenic hiking trails, hotels, state and national parks – even some stores and even restaurants – welcome four-legged travelers.
  • Virginia was named one of the Top Five New Wine Destinations by Travel + Leisure Magazine in 2007.
  • Virginia’s State Parks have been voted as America’s best
  • More Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state.
  • Virginia is the site of the first major battle of the Civil War – First Manassas – and the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
  • The roots of Country Music are found in along The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail in Southwest Virginia, where the Carter Family became America’s first nationally successful mountain music recording act.
  • Virginia Beach is the longest commercial beach in America
  • The museum with the largest collection of military artifacts in America is the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond
  • Lynchburg is the largest city in America that does not have an interstate highway running through or adjacent to it.
  • The largest vertical drop waterfalls east of the Mississippi are Crabtree Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Nelson County.