Only this state flag
includes, let alone features,
death - by sword and spear.
Only this state seal
threatens, in no unclear terms,
death - and conquered crowns.
We rally around
not e pluribus unum1,
ad astra per aspera2,
qui transtulit sustinet3,
excelsior4, dirigo5,
montani semper liberi6,
si quaeris peninsulam amoenam - circumspice7,
or esto perpetua8,
but Death - to Tyrants9.
#VAisforlovers
1: out of many, one (North Dakota)
2: to the stars through difficulties (Kansas)
3: he who transplanted still sustains (Connecticut)
4: ever upward (New York)
5: I direct (Maine)
6: mountaineers are always free (West Virginia)
7: if you seek a pleasant peninsula look around (Michigan)
8: let it be perpetual (Idaho)
9: sic semper tyrannis (Virginia)
