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State motto: "Sic semper tyrannis" (Thus always to tyrants)
State bird: Cardinal
State dog: American Foxhound
State nickname: Old Dominion
State flower: Dogwood
State tree: Dogwood
State insect: Tiger swallowtail
State bat: Virginia Big-Eared Bat
State song: none; the former state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny/Virginia", was retired in 1997
State dance: Square Dance
State boat: Chesapeake Bay deadrise
State fish: Brook trout
State shell: Oyster
State fossil: Chesapecten jeffersonius
State beverage: milk
State flag: Flag of the Commonwealth

The flag of the Commonwealth shall hereafter be made of bunting or merino. It shall be a deep blue field, with a circular white centre of the same material. Upon this circle shall be painted or embroidered, to show on both sides alike, the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, as described in § 7.1-26 for the obverse of the great seal of the Commonwealth; and there shall be a white silk fringe on the outer edge, furthest from the flagstaff. This shall be known and respected as the flag of Virginia.(Code 1950, § 7-32; 1966, c. 102.)

State seal: The Great Seal.

The great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of two metallic discs, two and one-fourth inches in diameter, with an ornamental border one fourth of an inch wide, with such words and figures engraved thereon as will, when used, produce impressions to be described as follows: On the obverse, Virtus, the genius of the Commonwealth, dressed as an Amazon, resting on a spear in her right hand, point downward, touching the earth; and holding in her left hand, a sheathed sword, or parazonium, pointing upward; her head erect and face upturned; her left foot on the form of Tyranny represented by the prostrate body of a man, with his head to her left, his fallen crown nearby, a broken chain in his left hand, and a scourge in his right. Above the group and within the border conforming therewith, shall be the word "Virginia", and, in the space below, on a curved line, shall be the motto, "Sic Semper Tyrannis." On the reverse, shall be placed a group consisting of Libertas, holding a wand and pileus in her right hand; on her right, Aeternitas, with a globe and phoenix in her right hand; on the left of Libertas, Ceres, with a cornucopia in her left hand, and an ear of wheat in her right; over this device, in a curved line, the word "Perseverando." (Code 1950, § 7-26; 1966, c. 102.)

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