Colorado Fire Patches
Colorado was the 38th state in the USA.
- became a state on August 1, 1876.
- State Capital is Jackson.
- Nickname is Centennial State, Colorful Colorado.
The official state flag of Colorado was adopted on June 5, 1911.
- It was designed by Andrew Carlisle Johnson in 1911.
- the white in the flag symbolizes Colorado's snow capped mountains,
- the blue symbolizes clear blue skies,
- the red symbolizes the reddish soil,
- the golden yellow represents the Sun.
- attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined with gold and silver tassels.
