The design of the American flag as we know it today has deep historical roots, particularly involving Betsy Ross and the ...

As a matter of symbolism, our city flag can be boiled down to its most distinctive element: its four six-pointed red stars. Wallace Rice, who designed the flag (it had only two stars when adopted ...

The original 1917 flag design included two, red six-pointed stars, each draped with its own symbolism. This left room for additional images. The city flag commission also devised 23 additional ...

An American flag in miniature. The 21 stripes represent Illinois’s admission as the 21st state. The six-pointed star on a blue field represents Chicago, and the white space in between is shaped ...

The Chicago flag's iconic four red six-pointed stars and two sky blue stripes adorn everything from coffee mugs to gym shorts to alley murals to full-sleeve tattoos — unlike the state seal featured on ...

It would be understandable if a newcomer looking at Cleveland’s official flag might think it’s a city in France founded in 1796 if they could even read that center shield seeing it high up on ...

The six-pointed star honors Cleveland’s historical nickname, "The Sixth City," and nods to the current city flag’s six symbols representative of Cleveland’s industrial and nautical history.