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Arizona Stories
 Arizona Stories is a multimedia project that encompasses television programs, DVDs, a companion Web site and a comprehensive educational component for K-12 educators. Our goal is three-fold: create engaging local content that entertains and educates a general audience about Arizona's rich heritage; provide Arizona educators with quality content, educator guides and training aligned to state standards; and provide a diverse and easily accessible historical resource as we count down to the Arizona Centennial.
Dig deeper into the subjects with complete program transcripts, Google® map interactivity with exact directions to historical locations, and extra “learn more” sections with lists of books, articles and additional research.
ASSET, Eight's educational outreach department, provides direct, hands-on training to more than 1,000 K-12 educators, guiding them in the use of the broadcast program, Web site, and print materials in Arizona standards-based classroom instruction.
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Arizona has:
Charles Wilfred Harris, Colonel in the Arizona National Guard, served as the captain of the
unit's rifle team in 1910. During the rifle competition at Camp Perry, Ohio, the Arizona team was
the only team without an emblem of any kind. Colonel Harris was chiefly responsible for the
creation of the rifle team flag that in 1917 became the Arizona State Flag.
Blue and gold are the colors of Arizona. Red and gold are the colors carried by Coronado's
Expedition of 1540 to the Seven Cities of Cibola. The blue is "liberty blue" identical to the color
in the United States flag field of stars. Since Arizona is a western state the rays of the setting sun
seemed appropriate. There are thirteen rays representing the original "thirteen colonies." The
large copper star identifies Arizona as the largest producer of copper in the United States.
On February 27, 1917, the legislature passed the bill to adopt this flag as the official Arizona State Flag
despite dissenting votes and Governor Campbell's refusal to affix his signature to the bill.