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The current flag was slightly updated sometime in 1991 from the original, but maintains the same principle design. An alternative flag with the City's emblem additionally came into use after Harrisburg received the
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in 1984-85 and again in 1990. That alternative flag used the same emblem, but added circular All-American City designation as well and can still be seen today as a logo on public trash bins in the city.
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in 1907, whereby Mayor Edward Z. Gross proposed a design contest for a flag.
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North American Vexillological Association, accessed January 31, 2010.
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which denotes the city's significance as the state capital of the
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Harrisburg went years without a flag until its invitation to the
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printed a call for a flag that was "simple and dignified."
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Flag of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
The Harrisburg Patriot
All-America City Award
National Civic League
Harrisburg, PA flag
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"Harrisburg scrambled to design municipal flag"
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