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477:'s Steering and Rules Committee took up a proposal to designate the People's Flag of Milwaukee as the city's new official flag. That committee voted 6–2 to revisit the proposal at another meeting by the end of the year. In November of that year, the City of Milwaukee's Arts Board said the original search for a new flag was not inclusive enough, with the relatively small number of judges and voters involved in the process. At least one Milwaukee politician charged that the contest had not made enough efforts to include individuals without internet access. Alderwoman Chantia Lewis said it would not be fair to let "15 people change the entire flag for 600,000 people". Alderman Russell Stamper questioned whether the campaign represented the entire city, and then-Alderman 428: 184: 31: 243: 312: 233: 226: 435: 388: 350: 250: 191: 305: 343: 48: 381: 104: 1718: 362:
featuring three interlocking gears labeled "HOMES", "INDUSTRY", and "SHIPPING" between a banner reading "MILWAUKEE" and the date "1846". Dannenmann was awarded a $ 100 savings bond, but his design was not officially adopted by the city. Instead, the city's art commission decided to design a new flag itself, incorporating elements of several entries from the previous year's contest. Former
328:-like two-faced figure rising from the waters of Lake Michigan, with one face facing the left "saluting the past", and the other gazing right over an outstretched finger "challenging the future". The design, by local commercial artist Earl H. Martyn, was selected in a design competition. Martyn won a first prize of $ 75. 290:. The company requested Milwaukee's city flag be brought to Germany for her launching ceremony. Rather than send the Alice blue flag introduced just the year before, the city considered a new flag design, incorporating alternating angled bars of green and blue emblazoned with a cream-colored "M" over a red circle. 324:
would be commissioned to recommend a design to be ready for Milwaukee's one hundred birthday" on January 31, 1946. The anniversary came and went without any action from the council itself, although a flag was created for the city's "Centurama" anniversary celebration. It featured the Centurama logo, a
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In July 2024, the Milwaukee Common Council decided to revisit the issue, with District 11 Alderman Peter Burgelis introducing a resolution to formally adopt the People's Flag as the official flag of Milwaukee. On September 9, 2024, The Steering and Rules Committee voted 5–3 to send the resolution to
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In 2001, the Milwaukee Arts Board of the Milwaukee Common Council held a contest to attract designs for a new flag. Over 105 designs were submitted, but none met with the approval of the board. The board voted unanimously to forwarded five finalists to the Common Council, along with a recommendation
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In the 1950s, Alderman Meyers re-introduced his proposed bill. Milwaukee leaders discovered it was one of only four cities with a population over 500,000 without a flag, and so the city held a contest for flag designs. The winner was 17-year old Milwaukeean Alfred P. Dannenmann, who created a flag
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Efforts continued to introduce a new city flag. In 1942, Alderman Fred P. Meyers introduced a new resolution in the Common Council proposing "a special city flag committee composed of aldermen and public-spirited citizens who, with the co-operation of the art commission and other art institutions
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In 1975 the city held another contest for a new flag design. Lee Tishler, a Milwaukee Public Museum employee, won with a bright yellow banner featuring symbols of civic life. Although Tishler was awarded the contest's prize of a $ 100 savings bond in a ceremony at City Hall, his flag was not
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In 1917, Alderman Frederick C. Bogk called for a city flag as part of an ambitious plan for Milwaukee's growth, along with expanding the harbor, investing in infrastructure, preserving residential districts, and annexing the innermost suburbs. The flag never came to fruition.
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The public submitted 1,006 entries, from which five finalists were chosen in 2016. In an online poll of over 6,000 people, a design called "Sunrise Over the Lake" received the highest rating of the five. The flag's design is described as follows:
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Before the contest winner was announced, there was some pushback over the need to create a new city flag. One local columnist wondered if an new design would even catch on with the public, or would be quickly abandoned as past proposals had been.
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The flag displays symbols of Milwaukee on a medium blue background, with the city name below all the elements. In the center, a gear, representing industry, bears symbols of Milwaukee's identity and history. An Indian head, resembling the
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contest. The winning entry, designed by John Amberg, included an oak branch with the motto "Steady Progress" over a cream-colored field. Mr. Amberg was awarded the first prize of $ 15. The design was praised by then-mayor
488:, deciding to let the flag gain popular acceptance before pushing for official recognition. Since its introduction, the People's Flag has been adopted by local businesses and used on commercial products from bicycles to 468:
The rising sun over Lake Michigan symbolizes a new day. The light blue bars in its reflection represent the city's three rivers ... and three founding towns ... . Gold represents our brewing history and white symbolizes
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This commercial availability, and the demand driving it, has led the People's Flag to become "a near-ubiquitous symbol across town", even without being officially adopted by the city government.
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reported that only one constituent had reached out to him about the flag issue, and that person was opposed to changing the current flag. The Arts Board recommended starting over from scratch.
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origins. The flag contains an image of another flag, this one red/white/red stripes with two stars. Originally said to be a Civil War-era flag, it has been suggested that this represents a
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Despite the inaction from city officials, the People's Flag was quickly embraced by the citizens of Milwaukee. The organizers of the contest released the design into the
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in golden orange in the center. The flag was given to the Milwaukee Police Department to be carried in parades, and quickly fell into disuse.
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Fred Steffan combined those elements to create the flag, which was officially approved by the Common Council on September 21, 1954.
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that the Common Council reject them all. The existing flag was retained. In a 2004 poll conducted by the
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Grayscale version of the 1897 contest winner, as published in the Milwaukee Journal on January 10, 1898
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episode, Steve Kodis, a local graphic designer, partnered with Greater Together, an
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In 1927, the Common Council adopted the city's first official city flag, a field of
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The flag of Milwaukee is little-used around the city. A 2004 survey by the
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history, and the red ship with water symbolizes Milwaukee's status as a
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sell merchandise featuring a combination of the flag image and
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In 2015, in response to negative media coverage spurred by a
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Moseley, Claire; Maternowski, Michelle (September 4, 2015).
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The first attempt to introduce a civic flag came in an 1897
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The small "Civil War" flag found on the flag of Milwaukee
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flag 147th out of 150 flags of major American cities.
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Municipal flag of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Flag of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Use
Civil flag
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Wisconsin
North American Vexillological Association
Milwaukee

Milwaukee Braves
Native American
service flag
Milwaukee City Library
Milwaukee City Hall
Milwaukee Arena
County Stadium
Lake Michigan
barley
brewing
port city
Byron Kilbourn
Solomon Juneau
Grayscale version of the 1897 contest winner, as published in the Milwaukee Journal on January 10, 1898
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William C. Rauschenberger
The first flag of Milwaukee, adopted in 1927
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Flag designed for MS Milwaukee ceremony in 1928
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MS Milwaukee
Alice blue

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