Moving Companies and moving services Virginia, VA

     "Virginia is for lovers," proclaimed the Virginia Tourist Board's TV ads a few years back. It was a catchy slogan, but what kind of "lovers" is Virginia supposed to be for? Nature lovers? History lovers? Beach lovers? The answer, as anyone who has visited Virginia knows, is all of the above.

     Perhaps a better motto to lure tourists to Virginia would be "something for everyone." In Western Virginia, the landscape is broken by the rugged Appalachian Mountains. As you move east, though, the mountains give way to Virginia's fertile Piedmont region, and even further east, the coastal Tidewater area. Placid beaches backed by small fishing towns dot the Chesapeake Bay, while those more inclined to party can head south to Virginia Beach, Virginia's largest city and spring break hotspot.

     No state could be better for students of America's past. It's hard to pass an open field in Virginia without passing a Civil War battle site (the two armies clashed in Virginia more than any other state during the conflict). A living, breathing, butter churning re-creation of Virginia's 18th century colonial capital stands at Williamsburg and you can't get more authentic than George Washington's Virginia manor, Mount Vernon or Jefferson's plantation at Monticello.

     Of course, having seen a 14.4% jump in population during the '90s, Virginia isn't living in the past. Virginia has emerged as a hub of high tech business activity, and with the new class of brainy entrepreneurs, Virginia's cities - Richmond and the D.C. suburbs most notably, have assumed a more sophisticated, cosmopolitan accent.

     Now that you're moving to Virginia, there are a couple facts you'll want to keep in mind:

• Virginia's population is 7,196,750. Virginia's state capital is Richmond.
• Eight Presidents were born in Virginia, and seven are buried here.
• Virginia's nickname, "Old Dominion," was bestowed by King Charles II of England while it was still a colony, in recognition of residents' loyalty to the monarchy during the English Civil War.
• Tobacco has been Virginia's cash crop since the leafy plant turned the hardscrabble Jamestown colony into a commercial bonanza in the early 17th century.
• Patrick Henry made his famous, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," speech in St. John's Church in Richmond.
• In Culpeper, Virginia local bylaws prohibit anyone from washing a mule on public sidewalks.