Flag of Chicago
| Use | Civil flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | Original, 28 March 1917; additional stars added, 1933 and 21 December 1939. |
| Design | Argent four mullets of six points gules in fess between two bars bleu de ciel. |
| Designed by | Wallace Rice |
The flag of Chicago consists of two light blue horizontal bars, or stripes, on a field of white, each bar one-sixth the height of the full flag, and placed slightly less than one-sixth of the way from the top and bottom. Four bright red stars, with six sharp points each, are set side by side, close together, in the middle third of the flag's surface.[1]
- ^ "1-8-030 Municipal flag – Design requirements". Municipal Code of Chicago (Municipal code). March 18, 2020 [Originally published 1990]. sec. 1-8-030. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020 – via American Legal Publishing's Code Library.