If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a flag is a whole textbook.
The Wisconsin and Madison flags are a record of history that experts read like a secret code. Every part carries some meaning,
from hoist to fly end
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City flag
Has Madison’s flag always looked strikingly familiar, but you just can’t put your finger on why? A quick glance from the flag to Google Maps will help connect the dots.
The white stripe running from the bottom left corner to the top right represents the isthmus, while the blue background symbolizes Lake Mendota and Lake Monona.
The black and yellow symbol in the middle has a dual meaning. Primarily, it represents the state capitol at the center of the isthmus, but the four legs emerging from the center account for all of Madison’s four lakes — Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Wingra.
A brief history
. Back in 1962, Rick and Dennis Stone of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, along with their color guard instructor John Price, designed Madison’s flag. While similar to the current design, at teh center was the