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image by David Sigley, 17 June 2023
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The flag was declared on October 19, 2020 after a months long flag design
contest, which it was in first place. It was designed by Dena Buening Horton.
The flag shows a scene of a bird soaring in a sunset over hilly terrain. In
the foreground is the town name in white cursive font. Under the name is the
establishment date in the same style.
Flag Contest
The flag contest
took place in 2020, and was accounted on July 31 on the town's Facebook page,
which outlined the rules.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/TownofAftonOk/photos/a.153085682204510/710677586445314
The submission of flags ended on September 1, and the three finalists
were chosen on September 5. They included the flag which depicted the eagle on a
sunset. A logo which came from a T-Shirt that would be used on a flag. and a
design which was a blue field with an offset white line. On the white line was a
blue emblem which showed an upside down seven pointed star, commonly used by the
Cherokee Nation The town is located within the administrative borders of the
Cherokee Reservation. under the line shows three wheat branches of red, vintage
white, and orange.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/TownofAftonOk.
The other finalists:
images by David Sigley, 17 June 2023
The Facebook poll was
announced by the town on October 1.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/profile/100065246073091/search?q=flag
The votes were
Option #2: 53 Likes
Option #3: 41 Likes
Option
#1: 7 Likes
The winner was declared to be option 2 by the council, and
was announced on their Facebook on October 28.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/TownofAftonOk
David Sigley, 17 June 2023
A photo of the flag can be seen at
https://www.facebook.com/photo, found through the Facebook flag of the
designer:
https://www.facebook.com/travis.horton.3572
Masao Okazaki, 17
June 2023