August 1st marks Colorado's admittance as the 38th state of the union in 1876. 

This year's celebration has extra meaning because of the sad summer we've been dealing with.  Between deadly and destructive wildfires and the mass shooing at an Aurora movie theater, it's been a rough summer for many people.

You can show your support for our state, our communities, our neighbors in Aurora and everyone affected by the movie theater tragedy and the wildfires by flying the Colorado flag and wearing the colors of our flag -- red, white, blue and gold.