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'''''Sic Semper Tyrannis''''' is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus Always to Tyrants". It is the official motto of the U.S. State of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{citation | '''''Sic Semper Tyrannis''''' is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus Always to Tyrants". It is the official motto of the U.S. State of [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]].<ref>{{citation | ||
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| url = http://www.state.va.us/cmsportal2/facts_and_history_4096/facts_4104/trivia_facts.html | | url = http://www.state.va.us/cmsportal2/facts_and_history_4096/facts_4104/trivia_facts.html |
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Sic Semper Tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus Always to Tyrants". It is the official motto of the U.S. State of Virginia.[1]
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was reported to have said it as he leaped from Lincoln's theater box after shooting him.[2]
References
- ↑ Trivia Facts, Commonwealth of Virginia official site
- ↑ Assassination of Lincoln, Ford's Theater, U.S. National Park Service