Virginia State Flag - Official Design, Symbolism, and History #302156 (License: Personal Use)

The Virginia state flag features a deep blue field with the state seal centered-a circular emblem showing Virtus, personified as a woman in classical attire holding a spear and sheathed sword, standing over a defeated tyrant (symbolizing King George III) who lies beneath her with a broken chain and crown. Encircling the scene is a wreath of Virginia’s state flower, the dogwood, and state tree, the live oak, with the Latin motto “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (“Thus Always to Tyrants”) inscribed below. The flag was officially adopted in 1861 and remains unchanged today.

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