Flag History | White is for purity. The letters V and I stand for the Virgin Islands |
Flag Date of Adoption | 17 May 1921 |
Flag Symbolism | white, with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white stripes below a blue panel |
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