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The original intent of Lee-Jackson day was to celebrate Confederate Generals Lee and Jackson, who had fought for their state of Virginia during the American Civil War. [ 4 ] In 1983, the holiday was merged with the then-new federal holiday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day , as Lee–Jackson–King Day in Virginia; the merger was reversed in 2000 by ...
SHRM headquarters in Alexandria, VA The Society for Human Resource Management ( SHRM ) is a professional human resources membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia . SHRM promotes the role of HR as a profession and provides education, certification, and networking to its members, while lobbying Congress on issues pertinent to ...
This painting in a Jain temple features a religious teaching in Sanskrit: अहिंसा परमो धर्मः, romanized: ahimsā paramo dharmah, lit. 'non-violence is the highest dharma.'.
Timothy Michael Kaine (/ k eɪ n / KAYN; born February 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006.
The Virginia Parole Board is the state parole board in Virginia. [1] The Parole Board was established by the Virginia General Assembly in 1942. [2] The Board has five members, appointed by the Governor of Virginia for a four-year term. [3] The Board is currently chaired by Judge Chadwick Dotson. [4] [5]
Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing over a third of the state's total population.
The original 1953 octet of the Virginia Gentlemen. The Virginia Gentlemen were founded in 1953 and are the oldest a cappella group at the University of Virginia.The group was conceived as an elite octet of the Virginia Glee Club and would perform regularly at their concerts, eventually building enough of a reputation to attract its own audiences and perform its own shows.