Virginia -This is where the seeds of the soon-to-be "United States Of America" were sown with the Jamestown settlement of 1607. It was the same timeframe in history when the English were courting with the Great Mughal (Jahangir) to get trading firmaan (permit) to establish trading outpost or "factories" in Surat, India - then the most busiest port in India, though monopolised by the Portuguese.
This is also the heart of the US Tobacco Industry - Tobacco was the leading crop of the southern colonies of the original 13 - before it was replaced by cotton.
Tobacco is still a very big industry - Philip Morrison has its headquarters here in Richmond - though the cigarettes were not "cheap" in Virginia by much - YES - they were cheaper than what it takes to buy a pack in COOK County, Illinois ( 4.X $ in Richmond vs 7.x $ in Cook County)
Visted DC as part of the 2 day trip - spent a day visting the attractions around the Mall - all the "Patel" value activities that a Indie tourist usually does.
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