Dayton, Ohio

The flag of , are 5 bands of light blue, white, dark blue, white and green, with two small bands to the right, rotated at an unknown angle. The flag was adopted on December 15, 2021 and created by Dayton design and marketing firm Catapult Creative. 
==Symbolism==
The design was partly inspired by the wings of the Wright Flyer, keeping with the theme of including the flyer on the flag, but incorporated the idea in an abstract way. The green band in the edge represents Dayton's nickname as the "Gem City" and to "showcase our reputation as a community centered on grit and tenacity." The dark blue band represents the water ways of Dayton. The light blue stripe represents the sky, and the partial stripes creates a pattern of five bars for the five rivers in the Dayton area.
== 2022 NAVA survey ==
The flag reached 82nd out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 5.93 / a B, behind Pelzer and ahead of West Chester.
== Former flag (1958-2021)==
The former flag of Dayton, Ohio, is a blue background with the word "DAYTON" at the hoist, and a white gear shape containing a gray globe, which itself contained a blue silhouette of the Wright Flyer, at the fly. They were designed by Michael J. Spahr and Karen Kress. The reason for this is because the 1917 flag faded very rapidly, and they wanted something new and modern.
===Symbolism===
The plane on a globe commemorated the Wright Brothers, who lived in Dayton and represented the aviation industry's global reach. The gear represents Dayton as a manufacturing hub.
== First flag (1917-1958) ==
The first flag of Dayton, Ohio, is an unequal vertical tricolor of orange and white, with an emblem consisting of a silhouette of the Wright Flyer breaking two green and blue outlines of circles, and the city's name on the bottom.
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Category:United States Cities
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Category:East North Central States and Cities
Category:Eastern USA
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