The motto of Virginia, the Mother of Presidents, one of our founding colonies, and the birthplace of American Republicanism, is Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants), with Lady Liberty standing over one of them in the state coat of arms.
The Commonwealth initially resisted the genius of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The republican gentry were not keen on swapping a tyrannical king for a tyrannical federal government. Virginia became the main battleground for the American Civil War. Virginia served as a major heartbeat for the United States of America, since many of the politicians serving in Congress have their second homes in the Old Dominion.
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