1. My State Virginia Alex 3B 2009

2. My name is Alex and my state is Virginia and I hope you like my presentation.

3. State Facts My states nickname is the Old Dominion. My states motto is Sic SemperTyrannis.

4. More state facts Year became a state June 25 1788. Size in square miles 39,594 miles. Capital city Richmond. Current population 7,769,089. Governor Timothy M. Kaine. My state abbreviation is VA.

5. State food Virginia ham Peanut brittle

6. birds My state bird is a cardinal It is red. http://www.50states.com/virginia.htm

7. Flags This is my state flag as you can see it is very weird. http://www.50states.com/virginia.htm

8. flower This is my state flower it is an American dogwood blossom http://www.50states.com/flower/virginia.htm

9. My border states North Carolina Maryland Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee

10. Tourism Virginia beach Robert E Lee’s house George Washington’s house

11. Early settlers The British The French The Native American

12. sports I have a basketball team and a baseball team my baseball team is in the minor leagues. The Richmond Braves are a baseball farm team for the Atlanta Braves.

13. Fun facts Virginia has the nickname mother of presidents because eight of the U.S. presidents where born in Virginia 1.George Washington 2.Thomas Jefferson 3. James Madison 4.James Monroe 5. Woodrow Wilson 6.Zachary Taylor 7.John Taylor 8.William Henry Harrison

14. The water The rivers James river Potomic river Rappahannok river The Atlantic ocean

15. My economy Natural resources Coal ,crushed stone and natural gas Manufacturing Tobacco products, Chemicals, transportation equitment, eletronic products and food products.

16. More economy Tourism Tomb of the unknowns and George Washingtons house Agriculture Broilers, beef cattle, corn, milk, soybeans and tobacco.

17. A super fun fact Did you know that Virginia has the worlds biggest office building! Did you know I have a state dog called an americanfoxhound?

18. State animals My state bat is a big eared bat. My state insect is a tiger swallowtail butterfly. My state fish is a brook trout.

19. About the author My name is Alex and Mrs. Bender helped me learn about Virginia. I ROCK!