4th Grade taught us about Virginia

Our penpals in Taiwan wanted to know more about the State of Virginia.  We called in the Lower School experts - 4th Grade students.  In 4th grade, they study Virginia all year long.  We learned many things that we would like to share with our penpals.

• Virginia was the 10th State to enter the union
• The capital is Richmond
• The population is 7,078,515 (12th most populous state)
• Virginia Beach is the largest city
• It is almost 40,000 square miles (37th largest state)
• The state bird is a cardinal
• The state fish is a Brook Trout
• The state insect is a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
• The state flower is an American dogwood blossom
• The state tree is an American dogwood
• The state shell is an oyster shell
• The state beverage is milk.
• The state dance is the Square Dance
• Virginia is known as the Old Dominion and it is a Commonwealth