Sesquicentennial. What is it and what is planned?
As Colorado’s sesquicentennial nears in 2026, members of the state’s Capitol Building Advisory Committee are considering measures to spruce up the capitol and better share the state’s history. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant officially admitted Colorado to the United States on Aug. 1, 1876, becoming known as the “Centennial State”. John Long Routt became the…