WEST VIRGINIA

The flag of West Virginia consists of the State's coat of arms on a white field with a dark blue border. The coat of arms is featured in the flag's center. The obverse side of the seal bears the State motto, Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are Always Free). A farmer stands to the left and miner to the right of a large ivy draped rock bearing the date of the State's admission to the Union, June 20, 1863.