Virginia State Seal - Symbol of Liberty and Resistance to Tyranny #3570282 (License: Personal Use)

The Virginia state seal shows Virtus, personifying virtue and valor, clad in blue with helmet and spear, standing firmly on a prostrate tyrant in red robes who holds a broken chain and a crown lies nearby. Encircling the scene is a green laurel wreath adorned with Virginia’s state flower, the flowering dogwood, and the Latin motto “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (“Thus Always to Tyrants”) arcs below. The word “VIRGINIA” appears at the top in golden letters against a blue field.

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