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Six-pointed stars are used because five-pointed stars represent sovereign states and because the star as designed was found on no other known flags as of 1917. [7] From the hoist outwards, the stars represent: Original to the 1917 flag: This star stands for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Its six points symbolize transportation, labor, commerce ...
The flag of Cook County, Illinois, nicknamed "I Will", consists of a light blue pall with a green border on a field of white. Six red stars with seven points each sit in a circle at the flag's hoist side, drawing cues from the city flag and other symbols of the county seat of Chicago and its in-county suburbs.
The Star of Life, which is a six-armed cross. The municipal flag of Chicago has four six-pointed stars. in the flag of Nagaland the six-pointed Star of Bethlehem is a symbol of the Christian identity of the Naga people. German and German-American hex signs and barn stars often incorporate both five- and six-pointed stars as central themes.
The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 a.m., phrased as, "twenty-five or [twenty-]six [minutes] to four [o’clock]," (i.e. 03:35 or 03:34). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Because of the unique phrasing of the song's title, "25 or 6 to 4" has been interpreted to mean everything from a quantity of illicit drugs to the name ...
The white star in the center of the flag has a dual meaning, Haith said. For one, it represents Texas, the Lone Star State. It was in Galveston in 1865 where Union soldiers informed the country ...
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States of America, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags ...
The Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League play at SeatGeek Stadium. The team was founded in 2009. The Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association play at Wintrust Arena. The Sky won the WNBA Championship in 2021. The Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League play at the Allstate Arena in nearby Rosemont. The ...
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.