“Waiting for Their Stars” by Udo Keppler. Oklahoma gained statehood on November 16, 1907, thereby gaining a place on the flag effective July 4th, 1908. New Mexico and Arizona did not achieve statehood until January 6th and February 14th, 1912, respectively. As such, New Mexico is represented by the 47th star and Arizona is represented by the 48th star.
Arizona became a state on this date 102 years ago. I had the pleasure of discussing our long and arduous path to statehood on today’s edition of 91.5 KJZZ’s “The Show.”
A link to Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez’s “The Show” segment regarding our journey from territory to state can be found below.
Enjoy!
http://kjzz.org/content/19682/did-you-know-it-took-arizona-49-years-become-state