Madison, Wisconsin

The flag of Madison, Wisconsin, is a sky blue background split by a white bar. In the center is a black cross with four points and a yellow circle inside it.
== Symbolism ==
The white stripe represents the isthmus between the lakes of Mendota and Monona. The black cross mimics the cross shape of the Wisconsin State Capitol, and it’s location on the isthmus. Its' four points represent the 4 lakes that border the city (Mendota, Monona, Wingra and Waubesa). The gold circle represents the Wisconsin State Capitol's Dome.
== Former flag (1962-2018) ==
The former flag is the same thing as the current flag, and has the same symbolism too, just with the gold circle replaced by a "Zia sun symbol", but the flag designer's intended it to represent an "Indian Sun symbol".
=== Backlash ===
It started when Madison's alder Maurice Cheeks passed a resolution that required the flag to be flown on city property, as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the symbol of local pride. It led to concerns about "cultural appropriation" of the Zia, or some other figures.
== Flag surveys ==
The 1962 flag scored 7.92, and ranked 11th out of 150 on the 2004 NAVA City Flag Survey, behind Corpus Christi, and ahead of Jackson, while the current one reached 16th out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 7.44, and a grade of an A, behind South Bend and Topeka.
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