Virginia’s flag and state seal feature ... Virtus has graced the state seal since it was created in 1776 and the state flag since 1861, with a few makeovers over the years changing the figure ...

The front side of the state seal, set against a blue background, became the Virginia flag in the early 1800s, first by conventional usage and finally by official designation in 1861. A figure ...

It was Virginia’s flag, but it was seized fair and square ... in front of the commandant's house at Fort Snelling, May, 1861. Photo courtesy: Minnesota Historical Society 4/6: Private Marshall ...

(The Web site also indicates Virginia officially adopted a state flag in 1861.) It also bears a slight resemblance to a Virginia flag from a past era currently on display in the State Capitol ...

As the Prince William County-based Potomac Local News first reported, Vindman’s flag appears to be a re-creation of the one used by the Confederate government of Virginia beginning in 1861: the ...

Thursday, April 18, 1861. The impenetrable veil of secrecy ... unfolding and holding up to view a flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and hundreds were rushing to the adjoining streets, waving ...