South Bend

The flag of South Bend, Indiana, is a field of white and yellow separated by a two blue curved lines with a white line between them and a red six-pointed star in the upper left corner.
== Symbolism ==
The red six-pointed star represents the city's six council districts, the red symbolizes passion and was chosen due to its common use in local logos and for its national patriotism. It also evokes the stars of the flag of the nearby city of Chicago, although that flag uses a lighter shade of red. The blue lines represent the St. Joseph River, which runs through South Bend, according to designer Garret Gingerich, the S-shape of the blue lines is meant to invoke the city's name while the strip of white in between serves as a bridge to the future, the white on the left symbolizes peace, and the yellow on the right symbolizes friendship and was the field color of South Bend's original flag.
== 2022 NAVA survey ==
The flag reached 15th out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 7.44, and a grade of an A, tied with Duluth, Sunnyvale and Yorba Linda, and ahead of Madison.
== Former flag (1965-2016) ==
The former flag of South Bend, Indiana, was a yellow background with the city's seal in the center. The city's seal consists of the American flag up at the clouds, with the word "PEACE" in blue, splitting it. The flag was adopted in May 23, 1965.
Category:United States Cities
Category:Six-pointed stars
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Category:Indiana
Category:East North Central States and Cities
Category:Eastern USA
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Category:Seal
Category:2022 NAVA City Flag Survey