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The City of Portland, Tennessee, provided:
"This was a contest in 1987
sponsored by the Rotary Club for 8th grade students. The winner was: Delana
Henley from Portland Middle School and chosen by the Members of the Portland
Rotary Club. There were only 2 flags made: 1 for the City of Portland & 1 for
Delana to keep. The City of Portland Flag was on the outside pole on display for
some time. Then it was brought in & stored so that it wouldn't fade or get
destroyed. The flag was found upstairs in storage in 2000. The flag has been on
display in the City Hall front lobby since that time.
The history on the flag was almost lost until the Portland Leader newspaper
had a "Remember When?" photo in the paper of this flag. The little girl that
designed this flag is now a young lady & she called to identify the photo. Her
name is Delana Henley-Ladd. She is a 2nd grade school teacher in Gallatin at
Vena Stuart Elementary School. Delana was nice enough to call City Hall & give
Janice Ferret some history on this flag. The Portland Leader then re-created the
photo from 1987 with our current Mayor Ken Wilber. Delana still has her flag as
well."
The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes
lilac-white-lilac-white-lilac, and a small white canton with a strawberry and
stylized letter "P" with "PORTLAND" in small white letters on it. Information
and photo of the flag thanks to Janice Ferrett, City Hall Receptionist and
Channel 3 Manager, City of Portland.
About the city:
"Portland is a
city in Sumner and Robertson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is
also a part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area The population was
10,986 at the 2007 census." - from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Tennessee.
Official city
website:
http://www.cityofportlandtn.gov
Valentin Poposki, 25 October
2009