Flag of New Mexico
The Flag of the State of New Mexico has the red sun symbol of the Zia people in the middle and has a yellow background.
In 1920, Dr. Harry Mera, an archaeologist, won a contest to design a new state flag and chose the Zia sun symbol because he was familiar with it. It was used in Zia Pueblo on a 19th century pot. There is four points in the symbol because four is a sacred number to the Zia. To the Zia, it is the Circle of Life: four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four sacred obligations. New Mexico was the 48th state and it was founded in 1912.
Flag Of New Mexico Media
- Flag of New Mexico (1912-1925).svg
A reconstruction of New Mexico's first state flag, used in the 1915 San Diego World's FairDesign used in the past, but now abandoned
- Flag of the Tercios Morados Viejos.svg
Flag of the Neomexicano Tercios Morados Viejos division (old murrey or purpure) during New Spain.Design used in the past, but now abandoned
- New Mexico Bicentennial 13c 1976 issue.jpg
The New Mexico state flag as depicted in the 1976 bicentennial postage stamp series.
- Flags flying, U.S. and New Mexico, February 2014.jpg
U.S. and New Mexican flags flying near Deming, February 2014.
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