Evansville

The flag of Evansville, Indiana, is a custom seal in the center of an uneven horizontal tricolor of pastel blue, gold, and navy blue.
The current flag is a modified version of Flag #3 from the 2023 Evansville Flag Competition.
== Symbolism ==
The flag's ten stars represent the number of letters in Evansville; they also signify the newly launched E for Excellence Awards in ten different categories. The flag also represents the Ohio River, the Four Freedoms Monument and the marriage of city and state. The three blue lines (also being able to symbolize waves in water) symbolize the Ohio River, Pigeon Creek, and the Wabash and Erie Canal.https://evansville.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=1&event_id=8598&meta_id=356998
==Flag colors==
Color	Color Name 	HEX RGB
 	Pantone 292 C 	#172852
 	Pantone 7555 C	#d29f13
 	Pantone 2757 C	#001e60
 	White 	#ffffff
== Former flag ==
The former flag of Evansville, Indiana, was the city's seal in the center of a blue background. It was adopted on February 1, 1954, and relinquished on March 18, 2024. It had proportions of either 3:5 or 2:3.
File:Evansville (1954-2024).svg|Evansville(1954-2024)
File:Evansville (1954-2024; 2-3).png|Evansville(1954-2024; variant)
==Flag Redesign Projects==
=== 2020 Evansville Flag Project===
The 2020 Evansville Flag Project target to change the flag of . They let people vote for 4 designs, the one with the most votes would become the new flag. However, the city rejected the new flag, thus retaining the old flag.
File:Ev1.jpg|The first proposal for the flag of Evansville.
File:Ev2.jpg|The second proposal for the flag of Evansville.
File:Ev3.jpg|The third proposal for the flag of Evansville.
File:Ev4.jpg|The fourth proposal for the flag of Evansville.
====Symbolism for the 4 proposed flags====
*Gold: The industriousness and ingenuity of the community in the past, present, and future.
*Dark blue: The natural elements and waterways present in the community.
*Light blue: The aspiration for freedom, unity, and a community for everyone who visits or lives in .
*White: Peace and prosperity - whether by the original Indigenous inhabitants of the land, by the families and ancestors through their efforts during World War II, by the present-day community, or the lives of generations to come.
===2023 Evansville Flag Competition===
In March 2023, four students from the Perry Heights Student Government created a public competition to create a new flag for the city, 3 years after the failed Evansville Flag Project. The competition ended on June 14, 2023. 322 flag designs were submitted for a vote until September 12. It was narrowed down to 21 finalists. The people could text EFLAG(#) to vote for their favorite design to a phone number. Voting ended on December 4, 2023. On January 17, 2024, Flags 3, 4, 6, 12, and 19 were chosen as the Final Five. On January 29, 2024, Flag 3 was chosen as the winning design. On February 17, 2024, the final design was announced. It was unanimously adopted by the Evansville City Council by an 8-0 vote on March 18, 2024, and officially inaugurated on March 27, 2024.
Below are the final five designs that were chosen, as well as the final design that was adopted.
File:Evansville (Flag 3).webp|Flag #3(designed by Darren Wharton)
File:Evansville (Flag 4).webp|Flag #4(designed by Jon Carter)
File:Evansville (Flag 6).webp|Flag #6(designed by Christopher Wilke)
File:Evansville (Flag 12).webp|Flag #12(designed by Jacob Murphy)
File:Evansville (Flag 19).webp|Flag #19(designed by Derek Powell)
File:Evansville, Indiana.png|Final design
== References ==
Category:Indiana
Category:United States Cities
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Category:Gold
Category:White
Category:Seal
Category:Horizontal tricolour
Category:Tricolour
Category:Proportions 3-5
Category:2024
Category:Eastern USA