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The Coat of Arms of West Virginia: 1863 [1] Flag: The flag of West Virginia consists of the coat of arms, wreathed below in rhododendron and bannered with "State of West Virginia" above, on a white field bound in blue 1929 [1] Motto: Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers [are] Always Free) 1863, [1] [2] 1872 [3] — Seal: The Great Seal of the ...
State of West Virginia; West Virginia: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 10:19: Adopted: March 7, 1929; 95 years ago (): Design: A pure white field bordered on four sides by a stripe of blue with the coat of arms of West Virginia in the center, wreathed by Rhododendron maximum and topped by an unfurled red ribbon reading "State of West Virginia."
Flags of West Virginia (2 C, 1 P, 1 F) I. ... List of West Virginia state symbols; A. Acer saccharum; American black bear; B. Bituminous coal; Brook trout; C ...
Map showing the flags of the 50 states of the United States, its five territories, and the capital district, Washington, D.C.. The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles.
1861 1861 1910 1940 South Carolina: South Dakota: 1909 1963 1992 South Dakota: Tennessee: 1897 1905 Tennessee: Texas: 1836 1839 Texas: Utah: 1850 1903 1913 2011 2024 Utah: Vermont: 1770 1804 1837 1923 Vermont: Virginia: 1861 1865 1950 Virginia: Washington: 1923 1967 Washington: Washington D.C. 1924 1938 Washington D.C. West Virginia: 1905 1907 ...
Kanawha was a proposed name for the 39 counties which later became the main body of the U.S. state of West Virginia, formed on October 24, 1861.It consisted of most of the far northwestern counties of Virginia, which voted to secede from the state after Virginia joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the American Civil War on April 17, 1861.
The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member of the genus Argyroneta . [ 6 ] When out of the water, the spider ranges in colour from mid to dark brown, although the hairs on the abdomen give it a dark grey, velvet -like appearance. [ 7 ]
The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872 (West Virginia University Press, 2023) online book review; Noe, Kenneth W. "Exterminating Savages: The Union Army and Mountain Guerrillas in Southern West Virginia, 1861–1865." In Noe and Shannon H. Wilson, Civil War in Appalachia (1997), 104–30.