Colorado statehood day, August 1, 2018


From the Walking Tourists, a photograph of a U.S. flag near Colorado Springs, with Pikes Peak in the background. A view from the top of Pikes Peak inspired Kathryn Lee Bates to write a poem, “America the Beautiful.”

Colorado officially joined the Union on August 1, 1876.

Coloradans should fly U.S. flags today in honor of statehood. Colorado was the 38th state admitted to the union.

U.S. and Colorado flags fluttering together.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 at 4:23 am and is filed under Flag etiquette, Fly your flag today, History, Statehood. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to Colorado statehood day, August 1, 2018

  1. Ed Darrell's avatar Ed Darrell says:
    July 31, 2019 at 9:21 pm

    And, did you notice, I hit “publish” a day early on the Colorado statehood post?

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  2. Ed Darrell's avatar Ed Darrell says:
    July 31, 2019 at 9:20 pm

    I love photos of the flag against natural beauty. We have a very photogenic flag.

    But WordPress screwed up the second photo! thanks for referring to the photo, so I came back to look.

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  3. The Coastal Crone's avatar The Coastal Crone says:
    July 31, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    Impressive and patriotic photo!

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