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The Cleveland Show characters (1 C, 2 P) D. ... Pages in category "Fictional characters from Virginia" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The Seal was planned by Mason and designed by George Wythe, who signed the United States Declaration of Independence and taught law to Thomas Jefferson. [5] A joke referencing the image on the seal that dates as far back as the Civil War, is that "Sic semper tyrannis" actually means "Get your foot off my neck."
The Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse of the seal against a blue background. A state flag was first adopted at the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, readopted in 1912, [ 1 ] and standardized by the General ...
The state motto and seal have been official since Virginia declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Virginia is one of only two states (the other being Mississippi with the Magnolia) to have the same plant for state flower and state tree, the Flowering Dogwood. [1] Most of the symbols were made official in the late 20th century.
Official seals of cities, towns, and other places in the state of Virginia. Media in category "Official seals of places in Virginia" The following 139 files are in this category, out of 139 total.
The Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) is a multivolume biographical reference work published by the Library of Virginia that covers aspects of Virginia's history and culture since 1607. The work was intended to run for a projected fourteen volumes, but only three volumes were published, the last in 2006.
Fictional characters from Virginia (3 C, 38 P) F. Films set in Virginia (2 C, 169 P) M. Musicals set in Virginia (4 P) N. Northern Virginia in fiction (3 C, 2 P)
Soon, the term Virginia came to refer only to that part of North America covered by the London Company's original charters. The third charter, of 1612, extended its territory far enough across the Atlantic to include the Somers Isles , which the Virginia Company had been in unofficial possession of since the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture.