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The yellow-colored eagle holds a sprig of laurel in one talon, which symbolizes victory, and three blue arrows in the other (unlike the thirteen arrows in the US coat of arms), which represent the three major islands that make up the U.S. Virgin Islands: Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, and Saint John.
The distinctive local flag in use today was authorized by the territorial governor on May 17, 1921. The design of the eagle, intended to reproduce the U.S. coat of arms, does not match that emblem. The arrows are thought to represent the three main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas. Whitney Smith.
The Eagle symbolizes The United States of America. The white color stands for purity. The olive branch represents peace. The three arrows represent the three major islands (Saint Croix, Saint Thomas and Saint John) which makeup the Virgin Islands. The V and I initials stand for the Virgin Islands.
Saint Thomas (Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas and 50 other surrounding minor islands and cays. The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.36 km 2 ). [8]
The laurel branch symbolizes victory; Three arrows represent the three main islands: St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John; The image above shows a comparison of the Virgin Islands flag (left) with the US coat of arms (right). The flag is depicted in simpler details, without the white eagle's head, without the ribbon in its beak, and without the ...
Current image of flag of United States Virgin Islands with information and location of United States Virgin Islands.
