Kansas City, Missouri

This article is about the city in Missouri, for the nearby city of the same name in Kansas, see Kansas City, Kansas. For other uses, see Kansas City.The flag of Kansas City, Missouri, is a horizontal bicolor of red and blue with a white stylized shape resembling a heart-shaped fountain in the center. The Kansas City Council voted 10-1 to approve the new flag at a meeting on February 9, 2023.Kansas City just got a new flag. What does the redesign mean… and is it any good? on KCUR
==Symbolism==
The red represents the warm hearts of the people of the Midwest and celebrates Kansas City kindness. The blue represents the city from river to sky. Blue celebrates the relationship with the Missouri River and the expansive possibility of prosperity. The juxtaposition of the red and blue illustrate Kansas City's welcoming spirit for all. The three colors combine to create Kansas City's position as the model American city, where kindness, prosperity, and legacy are part of the landscape. The fountain shape reads transparently as a heart, symbolizing Kansas City as the Heart of the Nation, and celebrates the city's heritage as the City of Fountains.Just flagging. 👀 by Mayor Quinton Lucas (@MayorLucasKC) on X (Twitter)
== Flag Colors ==
Color	Color Name 	HEX RGB	Color of
 	Carmine Pink	#ef483f	The red on the top
 	NCS Blue 	#0283c0	The blue on the bottom
 	White 	#ffffff	The heart-shaped fountain
==Historical flags==
=== 1913-1936 ===
The first flag of Kansas City, was a blue pennant, with the city's former seal in blue, at the hoist. The rest of the pennant was occupied by the city's name in white, in bold. The flag was adopted in 1913, and was changed in 1936. 
=== 1936-1944 ===
The second flag of Kansas City, was a horizontal tricolor of blue and white, with the city's name in blue being separated by the city's former seal. The flag was in use from 1936 to 1944.
=== 1944-1972 ===
The third flag of Kansas City, was a blue background with a white stripe down in the middle. At the center is a white circle with black fimbriations. Inside is a red circle with a Native American on horseback, in black, surrounded by the words "KANSAS CITY" and "MISSOURI", which are separated by black stars. The flag was adopted on December 26, 1944, after the request of Mayor Gage to design a new flag for the city, and was in use until January 7, 1972.
=== 1972-1992 ===
The next and fourth flag of Kansas City was a white background with two separated stripes of red and blue at the fly side. The rest of the white background is occupied by the city's symbol (which at the time featured four interlocking hearts of red and blue) with the words "CITY OF KANSAS CITY - MISSOURI" encircling the symbol in black.
=== 1992-2023 ===
On December 9, 1992, following a symbol change, the flag followed suit, replacing the interlocking hearts with streaking lines of red and blue in the shape of a heart, with the city's two nicknames (CITY OF FOUNTAINS and HEART OF THE NATION) on the top, and the city's and state's name at the bottom. It scored 3.38 on the 2004 NAVA survey, ahead of Aurora and behind Glendale.
The flag was in use until 1995, where it was replaced with a simplified version. The simplified version had the symbol and text fully in black, and enclosed in a tricolor of red, white and blue. That simplified version was unofficially amended in 1995, and it was used more frequently than the 1992 flag, the latter still having official status, until 2023.
== Nickname ==
*The Fountain Heart
==References==
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