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February 1998 In 1863, a star was added, representing West
Virginia, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to
35. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen
original colonies. The flag used in the ceremony when West
Virginia became a state is shown on Elias Grandqvist, 23 June
2007 The West Virginia flag is a white field bordered in dark
blue and containing the West Virginia coat of arms in the
center. Dov Gutterman, 9 October 1998 image by Joe McMillan, 23
March 2004 After what is now West Virginia broke away from
Virginia in the midst of the Civil War and was admitted to the
Union as a separate state in 1863, a committee of the state
legislature commissioned Joseph H. Diss Debar, a local artist
and political figure, to design a state seal. Debar's design was
approved by the legislature on 26 Septem