http://www.history.com/photos/virginia View pictures from the state of Virginia on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state. en Copyright 2013, History.com Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo1 The Booker T. Washington National Monument is a National Monument near Hardy, Franklin County, Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo2 The Sunken Road in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was the site of a Civil War battle, ca. 1862. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo3 Cannon on Yorktown Battlefield located at the Colonial National Historic Park in Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo4 The elegant House of Burgess's capitol building at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia housed the pre-Revolutionary Colonial Legislature of Virginia Colony. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo5 James Fort, a recreation of the original settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo6 Tourists ride a carriage through Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo7 Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo8 The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, approximately 150 mi (241 km) long, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo9 The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo10 Exterior of Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo11 The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the third State Capital of Virginia. It houses the oldest legislative body in the United States, the Virginia General Assembly. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo12 In 1918, the state floral emblem commonly known as the American dogwood (Cornus florida) was adopted. It was selected to foster a feeling of pride in our state and to stimulate an interest in the history and traditions of the Commonwealth. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo13 Founded in 1984, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is located on 80 acres in Richmond, Virginia. A public place for the display and scientific study of plants, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is one of only two independent public botanical gardens in Virginia and has the designation of a state botanical g http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo14 Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo15 Virginia designated the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) as official state bird in 1950. http://www.history.com/photos/virginia/photo15