Flag of West Virginia

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Normal or de jure version of a flag? West Virginia flag

The flag of the US state of West Virginia was introduced on March 7, 1929.

It shows the seal of West Virginia in the middle of a blue-edged white flag cloth .

The flag goes back to merchants who painted a flag for their stand at a St. Louis sales fair in 1904. In the center it shows the state seal from 1863, which is framed by rhododendron , the official flower of the state. White stands for purity and the blue for the Union.

Shown in the center of the seal is a boulder showing the date June 20, 1863, the day West Virginia became a state. The two men to the right and left of the rock represent agriculture and mining. Two rifles and a Phrygian cap are depicted below the rock .

The Latin motto of the state is written in a banner:

“ Montani semper liberi. "
“ Mountain dwellers are always free. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ^ Znamierowski, Alfred (2002). The World Encyclopedia of Flags. London: Hermes House. Pages 199. ISBN 1-84309-042-2 .

literature

  • The Flag Institute (ed.): National flags of the world . Hamburg: Edition Maritim, 2000. ISBN 3-89225-402-8
  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1992. ISBN 3-570-01082-1