When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from ...

But a new version of the royal coat of arms, quietly released by the Government last week, is unlikely to be widely seen for months or even years to come. While it forms the latest stage of a ...

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A scallop shell representing the family of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a golden lion have been chosen to form part of a new council's coat of arms. West Northamptonshire Council unveiled the ...

First Lady Cathy Justice was sworn in as an official member of the West Virginia Board of Education at the West Virginia ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – In an unusual move, an employee of the West Virginia House of Delegates is now running for a seat in the House. Marshall Clay has served as the Sergeant-at-Arms in the WV ...

The ACT's coat of arms has been displayed incorrectly as part of the government's "logo" on a number of public buildings around Canberra. In some cases, the swans appear to be the wrong way around.

The University Arms, whose background colour is azure, contains a gold-edged open book at its centre, on which is inscribed Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver ...

14 Costa Rica is about the size of the state of West Virginia in the United States ... The other national symbols are the Costa Rican flag, the coat of arms, the national anthem, the national flower, ...

Coats of arms, hereditary graphic signs identifying families of nobility, first appeared in Poland in the 13th century. The Polish use of these signs differed in some aspects from what was typical in ...

The crowning stones had the crest of William Penn’s family with a “P” on the Pennsylvania side and Maryland’s Lord Calvert’s coat of arms ... Pennsylvania and West Virginia meet.

Martha Stewart looks back on her “terrible” 5-month stay at Alderson Federal Prison Camp (nicknamed Camp Cupcake) in West Virginia in her ... Squat, arms out, cough — embarrassing.” ...