{"id":2766,"date":"2018-01-29T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2018-02-08T03:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:15:00","slug":"arizona-state-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/state-flags-2\/arizona-state-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2766-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"347\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arizona-Final-Broken.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arizona-Final-Broken.mp4\">http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arizona-Final-Broken.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hi Folks Patrick Page with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/index.htm\">Flag-Works.com<\/a> here&#8230;.<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">Originally part of the United Mexican States,\u00a0<b>Arizona<span lang=\"en-us\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">\u00a0became part of the New Mexico Territory<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">\u00a0after<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">\u00a0the Mexican War, then became its own territory and finally a separate state.\u00a0 The idea for a state flag arose because the Arizona rifle team realized it was the only team at national matches without a flag.\u00a0 Colonel Charles W. 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