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Virginia (i/vərˈdʒɪnjə/), officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city and Fairfax County the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population is over eight million.
The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution and joined the Confederacy in the American Civil War, during which Richmond was made the Confederate capital and Virginia's northwestern counties separated to form the state of West Virginia. Although the Commonwealth was under conservative single-party rule for nearly a century following Reconstruction, both major national parties are competitive in modern Virginia.
Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor (also Ellinor or Elyonor) and Ananias Dare. She was born into the short-lived Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina, US. What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because the governor of the settlement, Virginia Dare's grandfather, John White, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. When White eventually returned three years later, Virginia and the other colonists were gone.
During the past four hundred years, Virginia Dare has become a prominent figure in American myth and folklore, symbolizing different things to different groups of people. She has been featured as a main character in books, poems, songs, comic books, television programs and films. Her name has been used to sell different types of goods, from vanilla products to wine and spirits. Many places in North Carolina and elsewhere in the Southern United States have been named in her honor.
Actors: Hallam Cooley (actor), Lloyd Hughes (actor), Russ Powell (actor), Jed Prouty (actor), Mary Astor (actress), Virginia Lee Corbin (actress), Myrtle Stedman (actress), Mervyn LeRoy (director), Richard Connell (writer), Adelaide Heilbron (writer), Adelaide Heilbron (writer), Henry Hobart (producer), Dwinelle Benthall (writer), Rufus McCosh (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Ernest C. Warde (director), John Gilbert (actor), J. Warren Kerrigan (actor), Leatrice Joy (actress), Lois Wilson (actress), Thomas J. Geraghty (writer), Joseph J. Dowling (actor), Arthur Allardt (actor), Clifford Alexander (actor), Elvira Weil (actress), Jess Herring (actor), Credo Fitch Harris (writer),
Genres: Drama,you were here, now you're gone
hoping just to find some place where you belong
let me know before too long
how the world's been treating you
and if you've finally heard that song
to make you wanna stay
and if so, let it play
I find it hard to see you now
as if you never even really come around
left behind, feeling down
it's not that I'd forgotten you
it's not as if I'd said a wordto make you wanna stay, anyway
oh, Virginia dare
you're on my mind
oh, Virginia dare
before the flood comes rushing in
we should try to find some place to start again
it's only life, it's always been
the same things confusing you
about the life you couldn't find
to make you wanna stay
what can I say
oh, Virginia dare
you're on my mind