The "People's Flag of Cleveland" was unveiled after more than a year of community engagement and public input.

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

The blue rectangle, originally adopted from the Union Flag since erstwhile ... star — the star of federation — representing each of the country’s six states and one point for its territories.