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I found a description of the city flag of the City of High Point, North
Carolina, USA.
"According to Harold Craven, who was mayor pro tem in
1969, he suggested to Council that a new city seal be designed. Council agreed
and launched a citywide contest. An employee of Bennett Advertising submitted
the winning design. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_Point_Seal.jpg for image of seal.
According to the February 4, 1969, HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE, this description
of the new city flag was given to the City Council that morning.
"In its
colors, the flag begins with red, white and blue of the national standard; to
them are added gold, for commerce, and brown, for one of the city's major
industries. In the central design, a circle of carved wood, symbolizing the
furniture industry, is intertwined with a red ribbon symbolizing textiles. Thus
the city's two major industries, historically, are symbolically represented, but
while they provide the framework for the city's growth, they are not the core of
the city's being. Within them burns a blue flame, which represents the life of
the spirit - religion, and the city's churches; knowledge, and the College, the
city's schools, its libraries and other repositories of knowledge; and
------------------- (A portion of the clipping is missing. The clipping is in a
scrapbook maintained in the N. C. Collection at the High Point Public Library.)
"Around this central design is a symbolic representation of the Old Plank
Road, around which first a town and then a city grew; the planks on the flag are
arranged in a sunburst, radiating power. In its colors and symbols, this flag
carries on the classic tradition; in its design it is contemporary without being
extreme; it represents both history and hopes; it is essentially timeless."
-
from city website:
http://www.high-point.net/150th/history.cfm.
Also, on the left is
presented, as I read somewhere, proposed flag for 150 Anniversary celebration
this year.
Valentin Poposki, 4 January 2009
