Virginia State Symbols: Online Emblems and Mascots

Virginia State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Virginia state facts such as Virginia state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over Virginia, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as homeschooled children.

Virginia State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
State Symbol	Name - Scientific	Adopted
Artisans Center	Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro	Jul 1, 1999
Bat	Virginia Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)	Jul 1, 2005
Beverage	Milk	1982
Bird	Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)	Jan 25, 1950
Boat	Chesapeake Bay Deadrise	Mar 25, 1988
Dog	American Foxhound	1966
Emergency Medical Services Museum	"To the Rescue", Roanoke	1994
Fish	Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)	1993
Flag	Stae Flag	1930
Fleet	Replicas of the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery	Jul 1, 2001
Floral Emblem	American Dogwood (Cornus florida)	Mar 1918
Folk Dance	Square Dance	1991
Folklore Center	The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum	1986
Fossil	Chesapecten jeffersonius	1993
Gold Mining Interpretive Center	Monroe Park, Goldvein, County of Fauquier, Virginia
Historical Outdoor Drama	"The Long Way Home"	1994
Insect	Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucous Linne)	1991
Language	English	1996
Motto	Sic Semper Tyrannis, (Thus Always to Tyrants)	1776
Motor Sports Museum	"Wood Brothers Racing Museum and Virginia Motor Sports Hall of Fame", Patrick County	1995
Nicknames	NA	NA
Outdoors Drama	"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama"	1994
Poet Laureate- 2002 Poet Laureate- 2000	George Garrett Grace Simpson	Jul, 2002 ; Jul, 2000
Seal	Great Seal	Jul 5, 1776
Shell	Oyster Shell (Crassostraea virginica)	Mar 5, 1974
Song	"Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"	1940; Retired 1997
Sport Hall of Fame	Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Portsmouth	1996
Tree	Flowering Dogwood (Cornaceae Cornus florida)	Feb 24, 1956
War Memorial Museum	"Virginia War Museum", Newport	1997

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