New Mexico (United States)

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Zeljko Heimer 15-MAY-1996

• Description of the flag
• History of the flag

See also:

• First flag of New Mexico
• United States of America
• States of the United States

A distinctive yellow with a native American sun symbol in the middle. It is a definite improvement over the (in my opinion) awful muddle the first flag was.

Josh Fruhlinger, 1996-FEB-12

I quote from [smi75]:

"... The first flag of New Mexico is one of the very few State flags ever adopted which incorporates the Stars and Stripes in its design. The United States flag included here is the one with forty - eight stars, the correct number at the time New Mexico adopted the pattern on 19 March 1915. Three years earlier New Mexico and Arizona became the 47th and 48th States, as the figures in the upper right-had corner of the New Mexican flag indicate. In the lower right-hand corner of this flag, which was designed by Colonel Ralph E. Twitchell, appeared the seal of the State. On 15 March 1925 a new State flag, sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution was adopted. The designer was Dr. Harry Mera, a physician and archeologist. The central figure of this flags is the ancient Sun symbol of the Zia Indian Pueblo."

Nick Artimovich, 1996-MAY-01