What does the Arizona state flag mean?
Measuring four feet high and six feet wide, the flag is divided into a top and bottom half with a large five-point copper star in the center. The top half of the flag represents the 13 original colonies of the United States and the western setting sun. The copper star in the center of the flag identifies Arizona as the largest copper producing state in the union. The lower half of the flag is a field of blue, the same Liberty Blue found in the United States’ Flag. The red found in the rays of the setting sun is also the same shade of red found in the United States’ Flag. The Blue of the lower half of the flag and the yellow of the western setting sun are the Arizona State Colors. The red and yellow colors found in the rays are the colors flown by the Spanish Conquistadors led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in his unsuccessful search for the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. The Arizona State Flag was adopted by the Arizona State Legislature on February 17, 1917. The blue, red, yellow a
