Virginia is the only U.S. state that hoists a flag bearing the image of a woman's bare breast. The reason for this has everything to do with the evolution and changing appearance of the state's seal.

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture was founded in 1831 with John Marshall as its first president. It was initially named the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and focused ...

The state seal of Virginia has had a woman with an exposed breast on it since 1901, when the secretary of the commonwealth, D.Q. Eggleston said the figure looked more like a man than a woman and ...