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The Virginia Portal  Virginia, officially theCommonwealth of Virginia, is astate in theSoutheastern andMid-Atlantic regions of theUnited States between theAtlantic Coast and theAppalachian Mountains. The state'scapital isRichmond and its most populous city isVirginia Beach. Its most populous subdivision isFairfax County, part ofNorthern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of more than 8.8 million live. Eastern Virginia is part of theAtlantic Plain, and theMiddle Peninsula forms the mouth of theChesapeake Bay. Central Virginia lies predominantly in thePiedmont, the foothill region of theBlue Ridge Mountains, which cross the western and southwestern parts of the state. The fertileShenandoah Valley fosters the state's most productive agricultural counties, while the economy in Northern Virginia is driven bytechnology companies andU.S. federal government agencies.Hampton Roads is also the site of theregion's main seaport andNaval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base. (Full article...) Selected article The worst effects of Isabel occurred inVirginia, especially in theHampton Roads area and along the shores of rivers as far west and north asRichmond andWashington, DC. Electric service was disrupted in areas of Virginia for several days, some more rural areas were without electricity for weeks, and local flooding caused thousands of dollars in damage. Overall, roughly six million people overall were left without electric service in the eastern United States and damage totalled about $5.7 billion (2003 USD,$9.74 billion 2025 USD). 16 deaths in seven U.S. states were directly related to the hurricane, with 35 deaths in six states and one Canadian province indirectly related to the hurricane. Selected biography Johnston had been ineligible to serve in Congress because of theFourteenth Amendment, which forbade anyone from holding public office who had sworn allegiance to the United States and subsequently sided with theConfederacy during the Civil War. However, his restrictions were removed at the suggestion of theFreedmen's Bureau when he aided a sick and dying former slave after the War. He was the first person who had sided with the Confederacy to serve in the United States Senate. He was caught in the middle during the debate over theArlington Memorial. Johnston was an outspoken opponent of the Texas-Pacific Bill, a sectional struggle for control of railroads in the South, which figured in theCompromise of 1877. He was also an outspoken Funder during Virginia's heated debate as to how much of its pre-War debt the state ought to have been obliged to pay back. The controversy culminated in the formation ofReadjuster Party and the appointment ofWilliam Mahone as its leader; this marked the end of Johnston's career in the Senate. This month in Virginia history
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