Designation | Symbol / Emblem |
Artisans Center | Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro |
Bat | Virginia Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) Effective: July 1, 2005 |
Beverage | Milk |
Bird | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
Boat | Chesapeake Bay Deadrise |
Dog | American Foxhound |
Emergency Medical Services Museum | To the Rescue, Roanoke |
Fish | Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) |
Flag | Flag of Virginia |
Fleet | Replicas of the three ships that sailed from England to Jamestown in 1607: Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery. Susan ConstantAboutReplicaModel by Kelvin Thatcher GodspeedAboutReplicaReplica DiscoveryAbout |
Floral Emblem | American Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
Folklore Center | The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum |
Folk Dance | Square Dance |
Fossil | Chesapecten jeffersonius |
Historical Outdoor Drama | The Long Way Home, based on the life of Mary Draper Ingles, adapted for stage by Earl Hobson Smith, performed in Radford. |
Insect | Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus Linnaeus) |
Gold Mining Interpretive Center | Monroe Park, Goldvein, Virginia |
Language | English |
Motor Sports Museum | Wood Brothers Racing Museum and Virginia Motor Sports Hall of Fame, Patrick County |
Outdoor Drama | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama adapted for stage by Clara Lou Kelly, performed in Big Stone Gap. |
Shell | Oyster Shell (Crassostraea virginica) |
Song Emeritus | Carry Me Back to Old Virginia by James A. Bland – Adopted as state “song”. Re-designated as state “song emeritus”. Originally titled “Carry Me Back To Old Virginny”. |
Sports Hall of Fame | Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Portsmouth |
Tree | Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
War Memorial Museum | Virginia War Museum, Newport News |
Virginia State Symbols
Designation Symbol / Emblem Artisans Center Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro Bat Virginia Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) Effective: July 1, 2005 Beverage Milk Bird Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Boat Chesapeake…