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arrows pointing inward, with the words "Unlimited" on the hoist and "Opportunity" on the fly, both in white and in capital letters. The design suggests the brashness of early Tulsa as it grew rapidly with the petroleum industry, attracting visitors, settlers, and businesses, loudly proclaiming a bright future for all. This was adopted on June 5, 1924, during
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to submit designs for the new flag on March of 1941. โ€œThe flag should symbolize Tulsa as a clean city, an industrial city and a city of oil,โ€ said the mayor. The flag that was chosen was designed by Erie B. Slack and was approved by city commissioners on October 10, 1941. The flag consisted of three
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In 2017, a group of private citizens organized an effort to design a new flag for the city of Tulsa. The effort, called the Tulsa Flag Project, received nearly 400 design submissions, of which three were chosen as finalists. Of the more than 8,000 votes cast by citizens on these finalists, 51% were
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Tulsa's first flag was a non-rectangular design with the fly ending in an isosceles triangle. It consisted of a white field with a large red circle in the center with the word "Tulsa" inside. From the red circle emanate eight blue rays and six white rays. In the broader white sections are two red
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into the union. Centering these is a design containing the forty-sixth star, Oklahoma, and symbols representing Tulsaโ€™s predominant interests: oil aviation, industry and agriculture, along with a peace pipe symbolizing her
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The next most recent flag consists of an upper one-third and two lower quadrants to form the letter "T." The flag was adopted on August 17, 1973, as part of a celebration of the city's 75th anniversary.
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shield punctuating the left third. The shield contains a red circle, and a beige six-pointed star centered within the circle. The flag is notable for being one of the few modern flags to utilize
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Upper navy blue half and lower beige half, separated by a gold horizontal line, with a gold shield on the left third, containing a red circle and beige six-pointed star.
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red stripes two white stripes and a field of blue. In the center of the blue field is a circle of 45 stars, representing the 45 states which preceded
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In 2022, it became one of two city flags to receive an A+ rating from the North American Vexillological Association.
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consists of an upper navy blue half and a lower beige half, separated by a gold horizontal line, with a gold
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The creation of Tulsaโ€™s second flag was initiated by a call to action from Tulsaโ€™s Mayor,
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in its design - a color often associated with faded dyes on flags from usage.
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Staff, Savannah Sinclair & Jennifer Maupin, KTUL (January 8, 2023).
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The red circle represents the blood of the victims of the
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The shield is a simplified version of the shield on the
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The beige lower field represents warmth and community.
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American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers
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Tulsa
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forcefully relocated
Indian Territory
Tulsa race massacre

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Herman Frederick Newblock

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University of Tulsa
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