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Description

English: Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia, adopted in February 1950.

Latina: Vexillum Virginiae, MCML.

ᏣᎳᎩ: ᏩᏥᏂ ᎦᏓᏘ

Español: Bandera de Virginia

Français : Drapeau de la Virginie

Français cadien : Flag de la Virginie

Hawaiʻi: Ka hae Wilikinia

Diné bizaad: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo bidah naatʼaʼí

Deitsch: Faahne vun Wirschini

Polski: Flaga stanowa Wirginii

Русский: Флаг Виргинии

Српски / srpski: Zastava američke savezne države Virginie

Date

1 February 1950

Source

This file was derived from: Seal of Virginia.svg
Code of Virginia, Article 1. Symbols of Sovereignty.

§ 1-506. Flag of the Commonwealth.

The flag of the Commonwealth shall be a deep blue field, with a circular white centre of the same material. Upon this circle shall be painted or embroidered, to show on both sides alike, the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, as described in § 1-500 for the obverse of the great seal of the Commonwealth; and there may be a white fringe on the outer edge, furthest from the flagstaff. This shall be known and respected as the flag of the Commonwealth.

Author

LadyofHats with additional editing by 痛 and Patrickneil / Charles Keck

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:07, 30 May 2024	512 × 341 (545 KB)	Patrickneil	additional cleanup of anchor points
	17:24, 30 May 2024	512 × 341 (550 KB)	Patrickneil	upper serifs on the M
	11:46, 23 April 2024	512 × 341 (555 KB)	Patrickneil	updates include the toga, the feet, the text, the hair, as well as cleanup to reduce unneeded anchor points
	18:32, 5 December 2023	512 × 341 (785 KB)	Patrickneil	Reverted to version as of 15:55, 24 October 2023 (UTC) There's an open discussion on the talk page about the design, please, let's discuss
	06:02, 5 December 2023	1,280 × 877 (238 KB)	WessyTheBoy54	Reverted to version as of 05:56, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
	05:59, 5 December 2023	350 × 234 (361 KB)	WessyTheBoy54	Reverted to version as of 04:55, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
	05:56, 5 December 2023	1,280 × 877 (238 KB)	WessyTheBoy54	Reverted to version as of 15:42, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
	15:55, 24 October 2023	512 × 341 (785 KB)	Patrickneil	Reverted to version as of 15:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC) Please stop edit warring with these pages and discuss specific issues on the talk page
	15:42, 24 October 2023	1,280 × 877 (238 KB)	Skunkcrew	https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/official-documents/seals-of-the-commonwealth/ please read where it says "For more information on use of the official state seal of the Commonwealth, please see our Seal Protocol document " It says in the pdf to use the seal approved by the art commission their website depicts it to the one I reverted their is no consensus that needs to be made if their is a official version https://vca.virginia.gov/
	15:29, 24 October 2023	512 × 341 (785 KB)	Fry1989	Go find consensus on the talk page. You are edit warring and it needs to stop now.