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A listra azul inferior representa o eixo sul do Rio Chicago. A primeira estrela vermelha representa o Fort Dearborn. A segunda estrela vermelha representa o Grande incêndio de Chicago, ocorrido em 1871. A terceira estrela vermelha representa a Exposição Mundial de Chicago de 1893.
- 1917 (versão com duas estrelas)
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Chicago é a cidade mais populosa do estado de Illinois, nos Estados Unidos. É a sede do Condado de Cook, o segundo condado mais populoso dos Estados Unidos depois do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia. Possui menos de 1% de seu território no Condado de DuPage.
- Windy City, Chi-Town, City of the Big Shoulders, Second City, My Kind of Town
- Chicagoan
A simbologia. Trata-se de uma bandeira branca, com duas listras azuis e quatro estrelas vermelhas de seis pontas cada. As áreas azuis representam o Lago Michigan e o Chicago River, super presentes no cotidiano da cidade, e as estrelas marcam eventos significativos em sua história. E só.
A bandeira de Chicago possui, sobre um fundo branco, duas listras horizontais azuis e quatro estrelas vermelhas com seis pontas cada. Cada elemento possui um significado. Originalmente, a bandeira adotada em 1917 possuía apenas duas estrelas.
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Bars
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. The bottom blue bar represents the South Branch of the river and the "Great Canal", over the Chicago Portage. The light blue of the flag's two bars is variously called sky blue or pale blue;in a 1917 article of a speech by designer Wallace Rice, it was called "the color of water".
Stars
There are four red six-pointed stars on the center white bar. Six-pointed stars are used because five-pointed stars represent sovereign states and because the star as designed was found on no other known flags as of 1917. From the hoistoutwards, the stars represent: 1. Added in 1939: Commemorates Fort Dearborn, and its six points stand for political entities the Chicago region has belonged to and the flags that have flown over the area: France, 1693; Great Britain, 1763; Virginia, 1778; the N...
Per the Municipal Code of Chicago, it is unlawful to use the flag, or any imitation or design thereof, except for the usual and customary purposes of decoration or display. Causing to be displayed on the flag, any letter, word, legend, or device not provided for in the Code is also prohibited. Violators are subject to fines between $5.00 and $25.00...
In 1915, Mayor William Hale Thompson appointed a municipal flag commission chaired by Alderman James A. Kearns. Among the commission members were wealthy industrialist Charles Deering and impressionist painter Lawton S. Parker. Parker asked lecturer and poet Wallace Rice to develop the rules for an open public competition for the best flag design. ...
"Art and Architecture: How the Chicago Municipal Flag Came to be Chosen", Chicago Daily Tribune, July 17, 1921, p. 21."City Gets New Flag Today with Third Star for 1933 Fair", Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1933, p. 7."Fort Dearborn Gets a Star on Chicago's Flag", Chicago Daily Tribune, December 22, 1939. p. 18.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.
A Bandeira de Chicago é a bandeira oficial da cidade de Chicago, no estado de Illinois, nos Estados Unidos. Ele consiste em duas listras horizontais azuis claras sobre um fundo branco, cada listra representando um sexto do tamanho da bandeira, e cada uma se encaixando na segunda fileira a meio caminho de cima e de baixo.
