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Sixteen Things That Happened First in Virginia

written by Jeanine Martin August 9, 2015

I bet you didn’t know that the first street car was invented in Richmond in 1888, and Chapstick was invented in Lynchburg in the early 1880.

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The first college fraternity began at William and Mary in 1776 with an emblem that looked oddly similar to the symbol for the Outer Banks,Outer Banks frat

And the nation’s first mental hospital opened in 1773 in Williamsburg.

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We all know that our First President was born in Virginia in 1732.

See the full list of Virginia’s Firsts here. 

Sixteen Things That Happened First in Virginia was last modified: August 13th, 2015 by Jeanine Martin
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Jeanine Martin

Also known as Lovettsville Lady, I am a Republican activist in the wilds of western Loudoun County.

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