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SALT LAKE CITY — It was a mistake of only one numeral, but it made a 200-year difference.
Several years ago, Ryan Martin was wandering the Hall of States in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., looking for Utah's state flag. That's where Martin — a Salt Lake City native, a Brigham Young University alumnus and a professional staff member with the Committee on Ways and Means — found the mistake.
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