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Today's the 99th anniversary of New Mexico's flag. (kbin.earth)

submitted 8 months ago by ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth to c/vexillology@lemmy.world

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[–] ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

On March 15, 1925, this flag was adopted by the U.S. state of New Mexico. It's a widely liked flag for (imo) good reason. The design is simple and striking, the colors go very well together and fit a relatively arid state, and the Zia sun symbol does a great job distinguishing this flag from others.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 3 points 8 months ago

The Zia Sun symbol comes from Zia Pueblo. And it only seems reasonable that they should collect a royalty from the state of NM for the use of this symbol.