Rapid City

The flag of Rapid City, South Dakota is a white background with a sketch of Mount Rushmore in blue, with "RAPID CITY" in red below it, followed by "SOUTH DAKOTA" between two blue gradient lines, and "CITY OF PRESIDENTS" below that, also in red.
== 2022 NAVA survey ==
The flag reached 225th out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 1.78, and a grade of an F, behind Gurley and tied with Clarksburg.
== Former flag ==
The former flag of Rapid City was a white background with "Star of the West" in red, in a font resembling Brush Script MT. Below it in the same font is "Rapid City, South Dakota" in blue. The city's seal is placed on the lower half of the flag in yellow. It was adopted in 1990, and relinquished in either 2010 or 2011.
=== Symbolism ===
"Star of the West" is the city's motto. Mount Rushmore stands 35 miles southwest of Rapid City in South Dakota's famed Black Hills. The memorial was carved between 1927 and 1941 under the direction of sculptor Gutzon Borglum to exemplify the first 150 years of American history. Depicting four U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln), the memorial symbolizes the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the nation. The seal also commemorates the city's incorporation in 1882. The indented edge of the city seal recalls the shape of the South Dakota seal on the state flag; its golden color recalls the outer rim of that seal. The other colors in the flag—red, white, and blue—reflect those of the national flag.
=== 2004 NAVA survey ===
The flag reached 148th out of 150 on the 2004 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 1.56, behind Milwaukee and ahead of Huntington.
Category:South Dakota
Category:United States Cities
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