Adopted in 1929, the current West Virginia state flag
displays the West Virginia Coat of Arms centered on a white field. The date of admission
to the union, June 20, 1863 is etched on a stone and the West Virginia state motto
"Montani Semper Liberi" (Mountaineers Always Freemen) is printed on a ribbon below the
farmer and the miner. A red ribbon floats above the West Virginia coat of arms with the
words "State of West Virginia". Wreathed rhododendron, the West Virginia state flower,
is arranged below the coat of arms. The pure white field is bordered in blue on all four
sides. West Virginia's state flag displays a rock containing the date June 20, 1863, the
day West Virginia became a state. A white field is bordered in dark blue. The two men on
the West Virginia state flag represent farming and mining. Below them are two rifles
with a "Liberty Cap" on top the rifles. A ribbon includes the West Virginia state
motto “Mountaineers Are Always Free". Around the picture is a wreath of
rhododendron and the name of the state, “WEST VIRGINIA”, on a red
ribbon.
