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   MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION

On behalf of the Governor and his family, I want to welcome you to Virginia. As an historic building, it is an honor to be asked to extend  this greeting to visitors to the Commonwealth and to our own citizens.

I represent the “old” in the Old Dominion because I am the oldest continuously occupied governor’s residence in the United States built for that purpose. More than 68 governors have lived within my walls since 1813.

I am also new because of the recent extensive renovations, which have made me very accessible to people with disabilities. Now everyone can enjoy my history and my beautiful interior with Federal-style woodwork, plaster cornices, ornamental ceilings, and period furniture. But style is not enough. I enjoy having my visitors revel in the rich history and charming stories that have happened here.

I invite visitors to experience the sounds and images of more than 185 years of Virginia history. When you stroll in my rooms you walk in the footsteps of the Marquis de Lafayette, John J. Audubon, many U.S. Presidents, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Sir Winston Churchill, Charles A. Lindbergh, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlton Heston, Rusty Wallace, Lady Margaret Thatcher, Willard Scott, and a host of distinguished Virginians.

A new page in my rich history is added with every visitor, event and activity. I am pleased that you, too, can now be a part of the story of Virginia’s Executive Mansion.

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