Virginia inauguration ceremony will be filled with history making firsts

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Virginia is steeped in political history, but Saturday’s inauguration for governor will be unprecedented.

Never before has a woman been sworn in to take the state’s top office. Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger will be the first, becoming Virginia’s 75th governor when she takes the oath with her hand on her grandmother’s Bible at noon in Richmond.

It caps a rapid political rise for the Democrat...