On Chicago Day at the 1933 World’s Fair, Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly was to present fair President Rufus C. Dawes with a flag to signify the selection of the event as the third star in the city ...

A century ago, author Wallace Rice covered the floor of his living room with colorful rectangles. He’d spent six weeks combining shapes and symbols, trying to find just the right image to rep… ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago flag has been representing the city for more than 100 years. ... There are three white stripes on the flag, which represent the north, west and south sides of the city.

The Chicago city flag’s sky-blue bars and red stars are everywhere in this city. There’s a website devoted to pictures of Chicago Flag Tattoos. The flag is on T-shirts, hats, messenger bags ...

You see the Chicago flag all over. It’s one of the most popular and recognizable city flags in the U.S., but do people in Chicago know what all these stars represent? Sarah Jindra went downtown ...

For Marines, it’s the eagle, globe and anchor. For Michigan alumni, it’s maize and blue. For Chicago residents, it’s a flag bearing four red stars and two blue stripes. Chicago’s municipal ...

Chicago’s original flag was designed in a City Council-sponsored contest in 1917. The winning design was submitted by Wallace Rice, an author and a lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago ...