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Civil War battles and Virginia history come to life in and around Manassas, Va.
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The first footsteps of many American ancestors were taken on the shores of Virginia. Sometimes called the Mother State because it was the first to be settled, Virginia was the 10th colony to become a state. The state bird is the cardinal and its tree the dogwood. The state...
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