The reason for Virginia's name is not known. It is probably named after Verginia, the Roman noblewoman slain by her father, but it may alternatively have been named after the American state of Virginia.
Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth is the largest children's museum in the commonwealth.
Virginia Zoological Park in Norfolk is home to 300 animals, such as elephants, Siberian tigers, monkeys, reptiles and birds.
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a new interactive family attraction in Portsmouth devoted to college sports, media, Olympic, golf and Redskins exhibits, hands-on baseball, basketball, football and soccer activities.
Virginia sent delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, beginning in 1774.
The capital of Virginia was moved to Richmond in 1780 at the urging of the governor, Thomas Jefferson, who was afraid that Williamsburg's location made it vulnerable to a British attack during the American Revolutionary War.
On April 17, 1861 Virginia became one of the states that seceded from the Union and operated independently until it joined the Confederacy during the Civil War when it turned over its military on June 8, 1861 and ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States on June 19, 1861.
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