THE FLAG OF CHICAGO
September 2nd, 2009 categories: Chicago Events, Market Trends
Having lived in Chicago for most of my life, I have become a Chicago FANatic! My husband and I were with friends who have lived in Chicago their whole life, like my husband, (I am a Ruth-come-lately because I moved to Oak Park when I was 15) and we were discussing all the great features of our wonderful city. It is clean, the cultural life is vibrant, classical and non-classical music abound, the theater scene is extremely active, our architecture is world-class, our museums are many–so many things we were grateful to have available to us. Somehow we stumbled onto the subject of the flag for the City of Chicago. Not one of us knew why there are four six pointed red stars and two blue stripes and three white stripes. Briefly here are the main points of a wonderful Wikipedia article:
- The three white strips represent the North, West and South sides of the City.
- The top blue stripe represents Lake Michigan and the North Branch of the Chicago River. The bottom blue stripe represents the South Branch of the Chicago River and the Great Canal. The Great Canal was the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
- The first star represents Fort Dearborn.
- The second star stands for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
- The third star symbolizes the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
- The fourth star represents the Century of Progress Exposition (1933-1934) and was added in 1933
There is talk that if Chicago wins the Olympics in 2016, another star will be added. The addition of another star has come up several times–it hasn’t happened yet. If you would like to read the whole article, just click here.
Would you like a genuine Chicagophile to answer your questions about Chicago real estate? It would be my very gret pleasure to do so–just call me at 312-607-1306 (cell phone) or direct line is 312-981-2360. I like e-mail, too.
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