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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Flag_of_ChicagoFlag of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The flag of Chicago consists of two light blue horizontal bars, or stripes, on a field of white, each bar one-sixth the height of the full flag, and placed slightly less than one-sixth of the way from the top and bottom. Four bright red stars, with six sharp points each, are set side by side, close together, in the middle third of the flag's ...

2. www.britannica.com › topic › flag-of-ChicagoFlag of Chicago | History, Symbols, & Meaning | Britannica

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   Sep 30, 2024 · flag of Chicago. U.S. municipal flag, consisting of a white field (background) with two light blue stripes and, centred and arrayed horizontally between the stripes, four red six-pointed stars. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2. flag of Chicago Infographic showing the history and meaning of the flag of Chicago.

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3. abc7chicago.com › chicago-flag-meaning-stars-whatThe meaning behind the Chicago flag - ABC7 Chicago

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   Feb 27, 2020 · The top blue stripe represents Lake Michigan and the north branch of the Chicago River. The bottom stripe represents the south branch of the river and the great canal. Report a correction or typo

4. www.chicagotribune.com › 2017/04/20 › how-chicagosHow Chicago’s flag came to be – Chicago Tribune

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   Apr 20, 2017 · Those two blue bars represent the branches of the Chicago River. From top to bottom, the white stripes stand for the North Side, the West Side and the South Side. The flag’s two original stars ...

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5. medium.com › @robertloerzel › the-story-of-chicagosThe Story of Chicago’s Four-Star City Flag - Medium

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   Apr 4, 2017 · The flag’s top blue stripe stood for the Chicago River’s North Branch, but Rice said it also had a “national” meaning — the Allegheny Mountains. And it had a “terrestrial” meaning ...

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6. www.chicagotribune.com › 2022/06/14 › the-chicagoThe Chicago flag design: The history of every star and stripe

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   Jun 14, 2022 · Star No. 3. Added in 1933. On Chicago Day at the 1933 World’s Fair, Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly was to present fair President Rufus C. Dawes with a flag to signify the selection of the event as ...

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   What does the Chicago flag look like?

   • U.S. municipal flag, consisting of a white field (background) with two light blue stripes and, centred and arrayed horizontally between the stripes, four red six-pointed stars. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2. flag of Chicago Infographic showing the history and meaning of the flag of Chicago.

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   What does the Chicago flag represent?

   • Four bright red stars, with six sharp points each, are set side by side, close together, in the middle third of the flag's surface. [ 1 ] The three white background areas of the flag represent, from top to bottom, the North, West, and South sides of the city. The top blue bar represents Lake Michigan and the North Branch of the Chicago River.

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   What is the best design for a Chicago city flag?

   • One design was the overwhelming favorite. It had two horizontal blue stripes and three white stripes. And there were two six-pointed red stars, positioned off-center in the middle white stripe. A close-up of a star on the Chicago city flag hanging on the wall inside the Harold Washington Library Center. Photo by Robert Loerzel.

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   Why does Chicago have a star?

   • In 1933, the city added another star to represent the "Century of Progress", a time when Chicago was the Country's second-largest city. Then in 1939, another star was added to commemorate Fort Dearborn, which was originally destroyed in the battle of 1812.

   The meaning behind the Chicago flag - ABC7 Chicago

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   Why is Chicago's flag unrecognizable?

   • It might be hard to believe, but despite its popularity today, the Chicago flag was unrecognizable to the general public 65 years ago when the owner of a Portage Park hardware store displayed it. Some mistook it “for everything from the flag of Israel to that of one of the Scandinavian countries,” according to an Aug. 12, 1958, Tribune article.

   The Chicago flag design: The history of every star and stripe

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   What does a star on the Chicago flag mean?

   • The first star on the left is to remember the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The second star represents the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.The 3rd star commemorates the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933. And the final star was added in 1939 to honor Fort Dearborn. What do the stripes on the Chicago flag mean?

   Why is the Chicago Flag So Popular? And What Does It Mean?

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8. www.finelineflag.com › blogs › newsWhy is the Chicago Flag So Popular? And What Does It Mean?

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   The Chicago flag consists of three white bands, two blue stripes, and four six-pointed stars. Each white band represents a part of the city. The top band, the North side, the middle white band represents the West side of the city, and the bottom white band the South side of Chicago.