Special thanks to Lillian Selby, W&M '06 for the design

Note that the primary symbol of the mascot would be a cannon from the American Revolution, consistent with cannons fired in the end zone at football games.  At its most iconic level, the concept of revolution is represented by the cannon's wheel, the spokes of which form a W and an M. The cannon by itself may work best for certain licensing purposes, e.g. a baseball cap.

The Revolutionary, a fierce-looking Jefferson-Monroe hybrid character, would be the figure into which the mascot can be translated as a person who can walk around in costume.  Note that the Revolutionary wears a white wig, not a tri-cornered hat.  He's the idea guy, the one who articulated the ideals underlying the American Revolution.  He would appear, sometimes alone and sometimes alongside the cannon, in many visual treatments of the mascot.