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 * ... that archaeological excavations at Locust Grove (pictured) in Dillwyn, home to Revolutionary War soldier Peter Francisco, revealed the grave of an infant in the kitchen garden?
 * ...that Colonel Johnston de Peyster raised the first U.S. flag over Virginia's Capitol Building since the state's secession in 1861?
 * ... that the Greenwood Tunnel in Albemarle County was completed without accident, even though engineer Claudius Crozet described the work as "excessively dangerous"?
 * ... that the Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine serves as the state-supported veterinary school for both Virginia and Maryland?

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