Virginia was critical in the American Revolution, several of the founding fathers of the country lived in Virginia. George Washington, the first President lived about 8 miles south of where I do, he had dinner the Fairfax family a week before he died, in the Fairfax family home, located just in front of the building I live in.
Virginia stretches from the Atlantic coast to the appalachian mountains in the west. It boarders Washington DC, and Maryland on the north, at one point it is less than 2 miles from Pennsylvania. To the south is North Carolina. The western border is West Virginia and Kentucky, parts of the original British colony of Virginia.
Virginia has a deep, and at times troubled history. In the todays world, government and defense are major employers.
There are still parts of the south east and west of the state that I have not explored. Something for us to do.
I like it here, I chose to live here.
I have been many times to Virgina. I always hated driving through to get to the south and always thought it took FOREVER to get through it. My half sister and her family lived in Alexandria for years. Now that they have an empty nest, they moved nearer to Crystal City where they both are near their practices.
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