West Virginia Symbols





Capitol:  Charleston

Motto:  Mountaineers are Always Free/Montani Semper Liberi

Bird:  Cardinal

Animal:  Black Bear

Flower:  Rhododendron

Fish:  Brook Trout

Butterfly:  Monarch

Tree:  Sugar Maple

Fruit:  Apple

Nickname:  Mountain State/Panhandle State

Something special about our capitol building - it has a golden dome

WV Day - June 20 - West Virginia became a state during the Civil War -

 June 20, 1863