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Flying the Flag; Supplement to Chicago Herald and Examiner, October 2, 1921

Chicago’s flag, officially adopted by the City Council in 1917, will be the central figure of the celebration of the Semi-Centennial of the Chicago Fire.

The white field of the flag is divided into three bars, the two outer sections representing the North and South Sides and the center the more populous area of the West Side.

The blue stripes represent the branches of the Chicago River, division lines of the city.

The six-pointed star nearer the staff symbolizes the Chicago fire of ‘71; the other the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1892-3, the two great formative events of Chicago’s history.

— from the Chicago Herald and Examiner, Oct. 2, 1921

Happy Flag Day!

A beauty.

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