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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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