Virginia State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Virginia Symbols, Virginia Emblems, and Virginia Mascots
Browse the state's symbols; state animal, state bird, state flower, state flag, state fossil, state insect, state motto, state seal, state tree, color, dance, fish, mammal, music, nut, reptile seal, and miscellaneous designations, emblems, and mascot of each state with pictures. Find origin of the state name. View the state almanacs, state timelines and peruse state facts and stats such as the capitol, location, and date admitted to the union.
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Virginia Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots |
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| Artisans Center | Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, July 1, 1999 |
| Beverage | Milk, 1982 |
| Bird | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) January 25, 1950 |
| Boat | Chesapeake Bay Deadrise, March 25, 1988 |
| Dance, Folk | Square Dance, 1991 |
| Dog | American Foxhound, 1966 |
| Drama, Historical Outdoor |
"The Long Way Home" 1994 Adapted for stage by Earl Hobson Smith, performed in Radford, Virginia |
| Drama, Outdoors |
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama" 1994 Adapted for stage by Clara Lou Kelly, performed in Big Stone Gap, Virginia |
| Fish | Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 1993 |
| Flag | Stae Flag, 1930 |
| Flower | American Dogwood (Cornus florida) March 1918 |
| Folklore Center | The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum, 1986 |
| Fleet | Replicas of the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, July 1, 2001 |
| Fossil | Chesapecten jeffersonius, 1993 |
| Gold Mining Interpretive Center |
Monroe Park, County of Fauquier |
| Insect | Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucous Linne) 1991 |
| Language | English
§ 7.1-42. English designated the official language of the Commonwealth. English shall be designated as the official language of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Except as provided by law, no state agency or local government shall be required to provide and no state agency or local government shall be prohibited from providing any documents, information, literature or other written materials in any language other than English. (1996, c. 829.) |
| Motto | Sic Semper Tyrannis, Thus Always to Tyrants, The Virginia State Motto, adopted in 1776, appears on the State Seal, symbolizing victory over tyranny. |
| Museum, Emergency Medical Services |
"To the Rescue", Roanoke, 1994 |
| Museum, Motor Sports |
"Wood Brothers Racing Museum and Virginia Motor Sports Hall of Fame", Patrick County 1995 |
| Museum, War | "Virginia War Museum", Newport, 1997 |
| Poet Laureate | George Garrett, July, 2002 -July, 2004 Grace Simpson, July, 2000 -July, 2002 |
| Seal | Great Seal, July 5, 1776 |
| Shell | Oyster Shell (Crassostraea virginica) March 5, 1974 |
| Song (Retired 1997) | "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" by James B. Bland, 1940 (Retired 1997) |
| Sport Hall of Fame | Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Portsmouth, 1996 |
| Tree | Flowering Dogwood (Cornaceae Cornus florida) February 24, 1956 |
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