Portal:Virginia/Did you know/1

...that the Athenaeum (pictured) museum of fine arts in Alexandria, Virginia, was built in 1851 as a bank, where Robert E. Lee had an account?
... that, having first occurred in 1698, the Fredericksburg Dog Mart is the oldest dog show in the United States?
...that Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing?
...that Virginia politician Charles F. Mercer switched between five different political parties during his 22-year service in the United States Congress?

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