Missouri Statehood Day

In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state and the largest in the Union at that time.  Maps and coloring pages here.  Its statehood was decided through compromise: with Maine was being admitted as a free state to balance out Missouri as a slave state.  And this was 40 years before Lincoln was elected President and the Civil War began!  My Latin students enjoy the verse on the flag:  "Let the good of the people be the supreme law."  The twins and I listened to a history program on Civil War guns and weapons this afternoon.