History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . l, now under the care of theSecretary of the Commonwealth, are and shall continue the seals ofthe Commonwealth, as they are now established by law. The mottohas been leQ;alized. West Virginia, according to a newspaper report, adopted, in 1875,for a flag, four diagonal bars, red and buff alternately, ^^ith a whitecanton bearing the State arm
History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . l, now under the care of theSecretary of the Commonwealth, are and shall continue the seals ofthe Commonwealth, as they are now established by law. The mottohas been leQ;alized. West Virginia, according to a newspaper report, adopted, in 1875,for a flag, four diagonal bars, red and buff alternately, ^^ith a whitecanton bearing the State arms. The Secretary of State, however, under dateApril 9, 1880, says: West Virginia has neveradopted any flag. The regimental flags of theWest Virginia Volunteers in the civil war arenow kept in our State library. The joint committee on seals proposed thefollowing device for the great seal of the State,which was adopted Sept. 26, 1863: — The device and motto for the obverse of thegreat seal was also adopted as the arms of the State. The disc of thegreat seal is two and one half inches in diameter. The obverse bearsthe legend, State of West Virginia, with the motto, Montani SemperLiberi, inserted in the circumference. In the centre a rock with ivy, 40. Anus of West Virginia. n-JC SlAIK SI:ALS. FLAHS, and (OLOIIS. emblematic of stability and continuance, and on the face of the rock )tion, June 20, 18G3, the date of the foundation of the State,as if graved with a pen of iron on the rock forever. ()n tlio ri^ht ofthe rock, a farmer clothed in the traditional liuntinu-sliirt ])eculiar tothis rpLtion, his right arm resting on the lAnw-liaiidlcs, and liis leitsupporting a woodmans axe, — indicating tliat mIuIc our territory ispartially cultivated, it is still in process of being cleared of tlie orig-inal forest. At his right a sheaf of wheat and corn-stalk. On theleft of tlie rock, a miner, indicated by a pickaxe on his shoulder, withbarrels and lumps of mineral at
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