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![[Flag of Lincoln, Nebraska]](../images/u/us-ne-li22.gif)
2:3 image located by Ben Cahoon, 18 January 2022
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The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital, has been running a contest
to redesign the city's flag. The winning design was announced on January 10,
2022. According the the story the city council has to vote on its adoption at
the council meeting on Jan. 24th. This is one in a series of new U.S. city flags
being adopted the the last years.
Ben Cahoon, 18 January 2022
The City of Lincoln flag was adopted by the City Council on January 24,
2021. The flag was selected through a contest organized by the American
Marketing Association - Lincoln and Lincoln Young Professionals Group.
The winning design, entitled All Roads Lead to Lincoln, was created by
Ed Mejia, a local art director and graphic designer who immigrated to the
United States from El Salvador. His design was inspired by the sight of
Lincoln’s skyline emerging on the otherwise flat horizon as he first drove
into town. He drew inspiration from art deco architecture and native
peoples’ artwork displayed inside the capitol building and used intersecting
lines to capture the interconnection of technology, agriculture, and
commerce that have drawn people to Lincoln throughout our past, present, and
into the future. The beacon featured in the center of the design symbolizes
the hope and optimism that the people of Lincoln are known for, as well as
our reputation as a safe harbor for those seeking to make our community
their home.
Some of the recognizable imagery implied by the lines are a
sunrise, the state capitol building, and an aerial view of the traditional
center of town (the star located at 13th and O Street). The teal green is a
nod to Lincoln’s verdant tapestry of parks, trails, trees, and green spaces
– and the home of the Arbor Day Foundation. The deep blue represents
groundwater aquifers, an abundant and valuable natural resource significant
to our region. The warm gold represents a bright future and a place where
all are warmly welcomed.
City Flag Protocol
The City Flag shall
be displayed on city property with honor and shall be flown with dignity and
respect.
The City Flag may be displayed in municipal offices and on city
property, carried in parades and displayed at other occasions and locations.
The Mayor or their designee is authorized to order the raising or lowering
to a half-mast position of city flags at properties and facilities owned or
operated by the City of Lincoln, or on the grounds of the County-City
Building.
When a City Flag is no longer a fitting emblem for display and
becomes unserviceable or when it becomes faded or torn, it should be retired
from further service with respect.
In the interest of fostering civic
pride, the colors, design and theme of the City Flag of Lincoln may be
creatively and enthusiastically promoted as an open-source design to be
embraced throughout our City.
Pantone Colors:
Deep Blue: 309 C
Teal: 7707
C
Gold: 728 C
From:
https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Mayor/City-Communications/City-Flag
Masao Okazaki, 24 January 2022
![[Flag of Lincoln, Nebraska]](../images/u/us-ne-li-l.gif)
2:3 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven
9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association,
which retains copyright.
Text and image(s) from American City Flags, Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
Lincoln’s flag has a medium blue field of 4 by 6 units. In its
center appears the state capitol, a tower in white. The tower overlaps an
incomplete red ring, 2.5 units in diameter, so that the ring appears to
run behind it very near its top, and then continues in a circle on both
sides until about 5 and 7 o’clock, where it is obscured by a yellow ear of
corn with green leaves on either side and congruent to the circle. Between
the ears of corn in the center at the base of the tower is a sheaf of
yellow wheat. The distance from the top of the tower to the base of the
wheat sheaf is 3.8 units. A second red ring, one unit in diameter, is
within the larger ring, and placed behind the tower so that its top edge
is about half way up the tower, and thus only a portion of the ring is
visible. Extending from this ring to the larger ring are four red rays,
one each at about 2, 4, 8 and 10 o’clock. In white block letters on the
larger ring, following its curve clockwise, are CITY OF on the hoist
side and LINCOLN on the fly side.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
A flag design competition was sponsored by the
chamber of commerce, restricted to residents of the city. The prize
was $50. Five judges chose the final design from among more than 50
entries.
Flag adopted: 14 September 1931 (official).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
Winner of the competition on 2 September 1931, Mrs.
J. E. Fiselman.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The contest for a flag design was inspired
by a gift from members of the Rotary Club of Lincoln, England,
who presented a flag of their city to Lincoln, Nebraska, during a visit in
May 1928. Various groups in the city discussed the need to have a
similar emblem, which resulted in the chamber of commerce competition.
Frank D. Tomson, chairman of the chamber’s flag committee,
presented the flag to Acting Mayor Blair in a ceremony at city hall on
29 October 1932. In his remarks, Tomson said that a new Lincoln flag
had also been presented to the city of Lincoln, England. In a further
burst of grandiloquent rhetoric, Tomson exhorted, “It should find a
place in every home within this city and be displayed as a hospitable
welcome whenever visitors in numbers from other parts enter our gates.”
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The City of Lincoln (236,146 inhabitants; 82.75 sq. miles) is located in Lancaster County, in south-eastern Nebraska. On 29 July 1867, the three commissioners appointed by the Legislature decided that the capital of the new state of Nebraska, called Lincoln, would be located on the site of Lancaster, a tiny settlement of 30 inhabitants, near Salt Basin in Lancaster County. This choice was the result of pressure to move the capital from Omaha, which was the capital of the Territory. Lincoln was incorporated on April 7, 1869 as a village. On March 18, 1871 it was reorganized into a Second Class City with its own charter as provided by the state legislature for cities between 1,500 and 15,000 population.
Source: www.lincoln.ne.gov/both/glance1.htm
Ivan Sache, 3 March 2007
![[Municipal seal]](../images/u/us-ne-li).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 3 October 2019
Source:
https://lincoln.ne.gov
Paul Bassinson, 3 October 2019
Information on a flag redesign effort, along with four finalist designs:
https://twitter.com/ReFlagLNK/status/1441478320021901313
ReFlag
Lincoln on Twitter
“The four finalists are
HERE.
Check out the thread. We'll be releasing a link next week you can use to
officially submit your thoughts. After the public comment period, we'll reveal
the winner later this fall.”
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/opinion/opinion-lincoln-s-flag-acceptance-key-to-making-design-competition-work/article_989b61bc-2194-11ec-8a2a-a36fd27122ea.html
Dave Fowler, 4 October 2021
![[Police Department]](../images/u/us-ne-li-pol.jpg)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 13 March 2021
The flag of the Lincoln Police Department appears to consist solely of the
department’s logo on a solid light blue background. Image obtained from
https://www.facebook.com/lincolnpolicedepartment/photos/10157148775711853
Paul Bassinson, 13 March 2021
