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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/1630_Hondius_Map_of_Virginia_and_the_Chesapeake_-_Geographicus_-_NovaVirginiaeTabula-hondius-1630.jpg/320px-1630_Hondius_Map_of_Virginia_and_the_Chesapeake_-_Geographicus_-_NovaVirginiaeTabula-hondius-1630.jpg)
1630 edition of John Smith's map of the Chesapeake Bay (North to the right)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Interior_of_St_Andrew%27s_Catholic_Church_in_Roanoke%2C_Virginia.jpg/320px-Interior_of_St_Andrew%27s_Catholic_Church_in_Roanoke%2C_Virginia.jpg)
Interior of St Andrew's Catholic Church in Roanoke, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport_at_Dusk.jpg/320px-Washington_Dulles_International_Airport_at_Dusk.jpg)
Terminal at Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia, designed by architect Eero Saarinen
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/P-51_Mustang_edit1.jpg/320px-P-51_Mustang_edit1.jpg)
P-51 Mustang flying above Langley Field in Hampton, which has been in operation as a military airfield since 1916.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/001111-N-0000D-002_CVN_76_Under_Construction.jpg/320px-001111-N-0000D-002_CVN_76_Under_Construction.jpg)
Superstructure being hoisted onto an aircraft carrier during its construction at the Newport News shipyard
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Roanoke_City_%28Virginia%29_from_Mill_Mountain_Star_at_Dusk.jpg/320px-Roanoke_City_%28Virginia%29_from_Mill_Mountain_Star_at_Dusk.jpg)
Downtown Roanoke at night, as viewed from the Mill Mountain overlook
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Little_Joe_on_launcher_at_Wallops_Island_-_GPN-2000-001883.jpg/250px-Little_Joe_on_launcher_at_Wallops_Island_-_GPN-2000-001883.jpg)
Little Joe 1 rocket being prepared for a test flight at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore, as part of Project Mercury, 1959
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Washington_and_Lafayette_at_Mount_Vernon%2C_1784_by_Rossiter_and_Mignot%2C_1859.jpg/320px-Washington_and_Lafayette_at_Mount_Vernon%2C_1784_by_Rossiter_and_Mignot%2C_1859.jpg)
Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Yorktown_artillery2.jpg/320px-Yorktown_artillery2.jpg)
Union Army battery of 10-inch Seacoast mortars at Yorktown for the Siege of Yorktown
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Front_View_of_George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial.jpg/225px-Front_View_of_George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial.jpg)
George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia, designed after the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Conf_dead_chancellorsville_edit1.jpg/320px-Conf_dead_chancellorsville_edit1.jpg)
Confederate dead along Sunken Road in Fredericksburg, Virginia after the Battle of Chancellorsville, on the exact position where months earlier the Battle of Fredericksburg was fought.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Turning_Vanes_-_GPN-2000-001918.jpg/320px-Turning_Vanes_-_GPN-2000-001918.jpg)
Turning vanes inside one of the wind tunnels at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Monticello_2010-10-29.jpg/320px-Monticello_2010-10-29.jpg)
Monticello, the self-designed home of Thomas Jefferson, in Albemarle County, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Reflecting_cavern_lake.jpg/320px-Reflecting_cavern_lake.jpg)
Luray Caverns in Luray, Virginia, one of the many limestone caverns in the Shenandoah Valley
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wolf_Trap_%28national_park%29_meadow_pavilion.jpg/320px-Wolf_Trap_%28national_park%29_meadow_pavilion.jpg)
The Meadow Pavilion at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Fairfax County, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Colvin_Run_Mill.jpg/320px-Colvin_Run_Mill.jpg)
Colvin Run Mill in Fairfax County, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Rappahannock_River.jpg/320px-Rappahannock_River.jpg)
The Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Upper-cascades_-_Virginia_-_ForestWander.jpg/320px-Upper-cascades_-_Virginia_-_ForestWander.jpg)
Upper Cascades at the Cascades National Scenic Trail in Giles County, Virginia
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Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George Washington in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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![An Antares rocket carrying Orb-D1 launches from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Antares_Orb-D1_launches_from_Wallops_%28201309180011HQ%29.jpg/320px-Antares_Orb-D1_launches_from_Wallops_%28201309180011HQ%29.jpg)
An Antares rocket carrying Orb-D1 launches from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia on September 18, 2013
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The equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia
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![Humorous sign at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Antares_Orb-D1_launches_from_Wallops_%28201309180012HQ%29.jpg/320px-Antares_Orb-D1_launches_from_Wallops_%28201309180012HQ%29.jpg)
A humorous sign seen during the launch of an Antares rocket at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island
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