Date Admitted: | 1863 |
State Capital: | Charleston |
Admission to U.S.: | Thirty-fifth State |
Flag Adopted: | 1929 |
State Motto: | "Mountaineers Are Always Free" |
Nickname: | Mountain State |
State Song: | "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" |
State Flower: | Rhododendron |
State Tree: | Sugar Maple |
State Bird: | Cardinal |
State Fish: | Brook Trout |
State Fruit: | Apple |
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