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Although a Bicentennial flag was recommended to the City of Wooster by its
Bicentennial Committee in January, 2008, to commemorate the city’s founding in
1808, the flag was not officially adopted by the city council until March 17,
2008. The flag is a burgee, in imitation of the shape of Ohio’s state flag.
The field is divided into 5 horizontal stripes, from the top, blue, white,
yellow, white, and red. They are mostly equal in width except the center yellow
stripe is a bit wider at the hoist than the others and a bit narrower at the
fly. On the red stripe the words WOOSTER, OHIO EST. 1808 appear in white
capitals. A five-pointed star, in yellow separates “OHIO” from “EST.”
Superimposed across the flag’s field in the center, between the blue and red
stripes are large circular depictions of the two sides of the city seal. The
obverse of the seal has a narrow yellow fimbriation around the circumference.
The scene on the seal recalls the State of Ohio seal, showing a rising
yellow sun with rays extending into a dark blue sky, which form the upper
half of the seal. About a fourth of the way down on the seal from the top is
“Wooster” in Arial-font white letters. The lower half of the seal is a dark
green, with two yellow corn shocks centered on the field. Below the shocks is
“1808" in black. Curved around the hoist side of the seal is a yellow wheat
stalk; on the fly side are a portion of two gears in black, the upper one
slightly smaller than the lower one. The obverse of the seal (and it is
rare for seals to have two sides), is also fimbriated in yellow. The field is
entirely dark green. Centered at the bottom of the field is an ancient
Grecian lamp in yellow with a red flame burning. Above the lamp in white
capital letters are AGRICULTURE (top) INDUSTRY (center) EDUCATION (bottom),
aligned to a straight left margin, one above the other. Curved in smaller
black capitals from the top center around the fly edge is the motto A
COMMUNITY OF PROGRESS. Centered and curved at the bottom under the lamp are
the words, also in black capitals, TRUST IN GOD.
There has been a
movement to make this flag the official city flag after the Bicentennial is
over. However, resident Heidi Boord has objected, claiming that a design she
presented to the city in 1993 when she was a Girl Scout should be considered
to be the city’s official flag, although apparently it was never officially
adopted. To complicate matters further, the city evidently had an earlier
flag, also unofficial. So the issue of whether the Bicentennial flag will
become the new city flag is currently undecided.
(JP) From The Daily
Record (Wooster), January 20, 2008, and Wooster City Resolution No. 2008-41,
March 17, 2008. Thanks also to Richard Monahan.
From GWAV:
http://gwav.tripod.com/issue_26.htm
Valentin Poposki, 26
February 2009