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  2. Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Original to the 1917 flag: This star stands for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Its six points symbolize transportation, labor, commerce, finance, populousness, and salubrity (health). [1] [2] Original to the 1917 flag: This star symbolizes the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Its six points represent the virtues of religion, education ...

  3. Chicago Red Stars - Wikipedia

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    On June 3, 2008, the "Red Stars" name was announced at a Toyota Park ceremony. The name refers to the four six-pointed red stars on the flag of Chicago. Each star represents a landmark event in Chicago history: Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire, the 1893 World's Fair, and the 1933 World's Fair.

  4. File:Flag of Chicago, Illinois (1917–1933).svg - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago municipal flag shall be white, with two blue bars, each taking up a sixth of its space, and set a little less than one-sixth of the way from the top and bottom of the flag, respectively. There shall be two bright red stars with sharp points, six in number, set side by side, close together, next the staff in the middle third of the ...

  5. Star polygons in art and culture - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Life, which is a six-armed cross. The municipal flag of Chicago has four six-pointed stars. German and German-American hex signs and barn stars often incorporate both five- and six-pointed stars as central themes. The six-pointed star is used as the symbol for the Folk Nation alliance of gangs from Chicago. Crip gang members tend to ...

  6. Quiz Time! How Many Stars and Stripes Are on the American Flag?

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    On a standard American flag, there are 50 stars—white in color, all containing 5 points. There are 50 recognized states in America, hence the 50 stars. The stars are inside a blue block on the ...

  7. Talk:Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    To return to the six-pointed stars in the Chicago municipal flag. By the terms of the competition under the rules laid down by the Chicago Flag Commission in 1917, the use of religious symbols, which included the cross, the star and crescent, and the two triangles, one reversed and superimposed, was barred, for obvious reasons. [1]

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  9. Flag Day reminds us that the Stars & Stripes belong to all of us

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