What is Flag of New Mexico?
[[File:Flag of New Mexico.svg|thumb|178x178px|The state flag of New Mexico was designed by Harry Mera in 1920]] 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. {{US-stub}} [[Category:United States state flags|New Mexico]] [[Category:New Mexico]]