Wisconsin municipalities with incomplete flag information

Last modified: 2007-07-21 by rick wyatt
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• Algoma
• Eau Claire
• Glendale
• Menomonee Falls
• Racine

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• United States of America

Algoma

At http://www.algomacity.org/news_&_notices.html is stated "FLAGS – The City flag is now available in two sizes. The 3 x 5 is $45.00 and a small version in a 2 x 3 size is being offered for $35.00. Interested parties may stop at City Hall to purchase." In few photos at the homepage http://www.algomacity.org/ a seal on white is visible.
Dov Gutterman, 14 December 2002

Eau Claire

At first glance at http://www.ci.eau-claire.wi.us/_cityhall.jpg, I wasn't sure if this shows a white city flag or the "tree city" flag. After a little zooming , I think that is the city logo http://www.ci.eau-claire.wi.us/_logo.gif.
Dov Gutterman, 14 December 2002

Glendale

Glendale's flag is the city logo (http://www.glendale-wi.org/glen50.gif) on white. Photo: http://www.glendale-wi.org/s_mcmanus.jpg.
Dov Gutterman, 14 December 2002

Menomonee Falls

Extracted from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Last Updated: Dec. 19, 2002
Menomonee Falls - After a yearlong quest, the first village flag was raised Thursday morning. Bill Hamilton, the owner of Heritage Flag and Banner, made the flag for Harvey Neu, the owner of the shopping center and of Neu's Building Center. Neu wanted to fly a Menomonee Falls flag last December, but learned then that there was no village flag. So he asked Hamilton to make one, and Hamilton secured permission from the Village Board to sell products bearing the official Falls logo, a cluster of homes with a church steeple backed by a setting sun. In October, the Village Board granted Hamilton permission to sell the flags, and this week he delivered the first one, a 12-by-15-foot banner with a silver background.
Phil Nelson, 3 January 2003

Racine

The flag of the City of Racine in Wisconsin, USA, is presented here: http://racine.wi.net/racine.html. Unfortunately, it is a very small image, so details can't be seen well. Here is description:

"The official City of Racine flag, containing a blue and gold emblem on a white background was adopted by the City Council in July, 1948. The flag, which bears the symbols of a plow, an anchor, an anvil, two working men, a spread eagle and a flaming torch, was designed by Stanley Hansen, an 18 year old high school graduate as part of a contest conducted by the American Legion Post 76. Hansen's design was picked from 50 designs.

The official interpretation of the emblem on the flag, as read at the presentation ceremonies follows:

• The walking plow brings to mind the means which made possible the preparation of the wide acres which yielded the golden grain that filled the city's large storage elevators.
• The anchor guarded the lives of Racine sailors who manned the ships which brought Racine's port the products of the Michigan forests. Its grappling points, driven deep into the lake bottom, held fast, enabling heavily laden craft to ride out many violent storms.
• The stalwart specimens of manhood, and the anvil, in the foreground are emblematic of the industry which has brought to Racine the acclaim of the world. Financial interests, creative geniuses, craftsmen and labor share alike in that great attainment. Through their combined efforts there has been given to the "Belle City of the Lakes" added glory.
• The spread eagle - our national emblem - is symbolic of freedom, that great treasure which we have so long enjoyed and which today is being eagerly sought by nations in which despotism has ruled with an iron hand for centuries.
• Rising above all is the flaming torch illuminating the path which leads to the solution of social problems which lie ahead.