United States - VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is in the southeastern United States. Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen, this commonwealth was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Virginia was the first part of the Americas to be continuously inhabited by British colonists from its founding as a European colony up to the American Revolution. It included area explored by the 1584 expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh along the coast of North America, and at one time it also included Bermuda (or Virgineola). The London Virginia Company became incorporated as a joint stock company by a proprietary charter drawn up on April 10, 1606. The charter granted lands stretching from approximately the 34th parallel (North Carolina) north to approximately the 45th parallel (New York) and from the Atlantic Ocean westward (although the Third Charter of 1612 extended its boundaries far enough across the Atlantic to incorporate Bermuda, which the company had been in possession of since 1609). The capital is Richmond and the most populous city is Virginia Beach. Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson), exceeded by no other state. Most of the United States' early presidents were from the state. Virginia has also been known as the "Mother of States" (sometimes "Mother States and Statesmen"), because portions of the original Colony subsequently became Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia as well as some portions of Ohio. Additionally, most of what is now Wisconsin and Michigan was also briefly claimed by Virginia during the Revolutionary War. more from Wikipedia
Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant around State of Virginia.
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The Ashby Inn & Restaurant : 692 Federal Street, Paris, VA 20130, Tel. 540-592-3900. Open year-round, rate $145 to $250. The Inn at Vaucluse Spring : 231 Vaucluse Spring Lane, Stephens City, VA 22655, Tel. 540-869-0200. Open year-round, rate$ 140 to $285. L'Auberge Provencale : Route 340, POBox 190, White Post, VA 22663, Tel. 540-837-1375. Open year-round, rate $145 to $295. The Inn at Narrow Passage : POBox 608, Route 11 South, Woodstock, VA 22664, Tel. 540-459-8000. Open year-round, rate $95/$145. Jordan Hollow Farm Inn : 326 Hawksbill Park Road, Stanley, VA 22851, Tel. 540-778-2285. Open year-round, rate $130/$195 B&B. Joshua Wilton House Inn & Restaurant : 412 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, Tel. 540-434-4464. Open year-round, rate $110/$150 B&B. The Belle Grac Inn & restaurant : 515 West Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401-3333, Tel. 540-886-5151. Open year-round, rate $99 to $209 B&B.
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