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Virginia Posters, Prints, Photographs, Maps, & Calendars
for educators and home schoolers; themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > NA > US > S > Virginia < social studies
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Virginia, known as the “Mother of Presidents” and the “Mother of States”, joined the Union on June 25, 1788 as the 10th state. Virginia is one of four states that is called a commonwealth (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky). The name Virginia comes from Queen Elizabeth I who was called the ‘Virgin Queen’.
Virginia is in the South Atlantic Region- Maryland and the District of Columbia are to the north; the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the US, to the east; North Carolina and Tennessee to the south; Kentucky to the west; and West Virgina to the west and north.
FYI ~ did you know that Virginia was the first state that ceded the vast territory it had previously claimed by right of colonial charter to the federal government of the United States? In 1783 the Virginians reached a compromise - their need for a stable confederated government trumped their desire for land. Other states then ceded their western claims and Jefferson proposed the Northwest Ordinance which created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
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Brook Trout, the Virginia State Fish, are native to small streams, creeks, lakes, and spring ponds in eastern North America. Brook trout are a popular game fish needing clear waters of high purity and a narrow pH range as they are sensitive to poor oxygenation, pollution, and changes in pH caused by environmental effects such as acid rain.
Brook trout are in the same family as salmon, and though called trout, are really a char.
• more fresh water fish posters
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Cardinals, the State Bird of Virginia, are passerine birds (perching songbirds) native to both North and South America. Cardinals have red plummage and are seed eaters.
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Swallowtail Butterfly, the State Insect of Virginia, are large, colorful butterflies forming the family Papilionidae.
• more insects posters
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Dogwood, the Virginia State Flower & Tree are mostly diciduous wood shrubs and trees in the family Cornaceae.
• more trees posters
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A real Chincoteagie Pony named Misty was the inspiration of author Marguerite Henry's 1947 book Misty of Chincoteague.
• horses posters
• more biomes posters
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Foxhounds, the State Dog of Virginia, were breed by landed gentry for the sport of hunting foxes. The first foxhounds in the colonies were brought to Virginia by Robert Brooke in 1650.
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