Today, the flag of West Virginia flies in commemoration this state joining the union on June 20, 1863. According to the West Virginia Legislature, “the field shall be pure white, upon the center of which shall be emblazoned in proper colors, the coat-of arms of the State of West Virginia upon which appears the date of the admission of the State into the Union, also with the motto, ‘Montani Semper Liberi’ (Mountaineers Are Always Free). Above the coat-of-arms of the State of West Virginia there shall be a ribbon lettered, ‘State of West Virginia,’ and arranged appropriately around the lower part of the coat-of-arms of the State of West Virginia a wreath of Rhododendron maximum in proper colors. The field of pure white shall be bordered by a strip of blue on four sides.” This flag was adopted by Senate Joint Resolution 18 on March 7, 1929.
I purchased this flag at the West Virginia State Capitol during a visit to Charleston in 2009.
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