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Photographer: Image Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Caption: New Mexico State Flag
Additional Description: From the Wikipedia Entry: “A contest to design the new state flag was won by Dr. Harry Mera of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mera was an archaeologist who was familiar with the Zia Sun Symbol found at Zia Pueblo on a 19th-century pot. The symbol has sacred meaning to the Zia. Four is a sacred number which symbolizes the Circle of Life: the four directions, the four times of day, the four stages of life, and the four seasons. The circle binds the four elements of four together. His winning design is the flag that the state uses today. The salutation, ‘I salute the flag of the State of New Mexico and the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures,’ was many years ago commonly recited in New Mexico public schools after the United States pledge of allegiance.”
Submitted: August 15, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p282738
File Size: 0.026 Megabytes

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