The flag of St. Louis, Missouri, was designed by Yale University professor Theodore Sizer and officially adopted in 1964. The flag symbolizes the confluence of the Mississippi, and Missouri rivers near St. Louis. The intersection of the blue lines is covered by a fleur-de-lis, which symbolizes St. Louis's French heritage. Although the flag is strictly the municipal flag of St. Louis, it is sometimes flown over government buildings in St. Louis County. In a 2004 poll on the North American Vexillological Association website, St. Louis' flag was voted the fifth best design among United States city flags.
Revised Code of the City of St. Louis, (Section 1.20.010)
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Similar designs used elsewhere
Flags with the Fleur-de-lis: Flag of New Orleans, Flag of Acadiana, Flag of Quebec
- The Fleur-de-lis is also used in many coats and arms, and the seals of many ancient families. It may be at one and the same time, religious, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic, especially in French heraldry.
Flags with wavy lines: Flag of the Caribbean Sea.
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