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الثلاثاء، 6 ديسمبر 2016

History Of Flag Of West Virginia

By Den Robins


West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a Free State with the confirmation that in present state the servitude would be eliminated. President Lincoln endorsed the statehood bill for West Virginia on January 1, 1863. On April 20, 1863, West Virginia has declared a State, viable 60 days, after the fact on, June 20, 1863.

In the midst of the Civil War, turmoil was everywhere and it wasn't until September that West Virginia adopted its official State Seal, its coat of arms the most prominent component of the State flag. Another prominent component of the State flag is West Virginia's State flower big laurel (Rhododendron maximum), adopted in 1903.

The next year, 1904, St. Louis, Missouri arranged a work, "The Louisiana Purchase Exposition," likewise know as the Saint Louis World's Fair. West Virginia expected to send a banner to the exposition. A white banner with blue outskirts that included the State blossom on the front side (front) and the West Virginia crest on the other side (back) was made. This banner was not an official illustrative of the State of West Virginia when it showed up, yet on February 24, 1905, the West Virginia Legislature made it so. Clearly, this outline started some discontent and, after two years on, February 25, 1907, changes were authoritatively affirmed. The ensign was moved to the front side (front) of the banner and the enormous tree was moved to the other side (back) of the banner.

The farmer and the miner in the coat of arms flank a rock inscribed with the date of West Virginia statehood, June 20, 1863. The cap of liberty and crossed rifles in the foreground are symbolic of the Latin motto below, “Montani Semper Liberi” (“Mountaineers are always free”)â€"a reference to the fact that the mountainous areas of western Virginia seceded from the rest of the state in 1861 when slave-holding Virginia became part of the Confederacy.

Additionally, a red ribbon, reading "State of West Virginia" was added below the coat of arms. Of course, it was found that producing a flag with a difference between the obverse side and the reverse side was not practical. It was expensive. To remedy the situation, big laurel, the coat of arms, and the red ribbon were combined to create a suitable display to appear on both sides of the flag. The West Virginia Legislature approved Senate Joint Resolution No. 18 on March 7, 1929. Resolution No. 18 described the West Virginia State flag the flies over the Capitol today.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior West Virginia flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of West Virginia flag for the future.




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