February 14 in American History
Arizona joined the Union on Valentine's Day, the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted. With it, the map of the mainland United States was, at last, complete — a coast-to-coast nation, 48 stars on the flag, where 136 years earlier there had been thirteen small colonies clinging to the Atlantic.
In 1912: Arizona becomes the 48th state. Arizona joined the Union on Valentine's Day, the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted.
Arizona joined the Union on Valentine's Day, the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted. With it, the map of the mainland United States was, at last, complete — a coast-to-coast nation, 48 stars on the flag, where 136 years earlier there had been thirteen small colonies clinging to the Atlantic.
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