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Terre Haute, Indiana (U.S.)

Vigo County

image located by Dave Fowler, 10 May 2024

Description of the flag
Seal
Previous flag

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Description of the flag

New city flag announced:
https://www.wthitv.com/news/one-vote-made-the-difference

One vote made the difference": Official Terre Haute flag design announced
By: Rachel Law May 9, 2024 Updated May 9, 2024
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.(WTHI) - Very soon, a new flag will be flying all around town. It'll be Terre Haute's very own official flag.

It was a close contest, beating the runner-up by only one vote. Voters in Terre Haute chose a design from local graphic designer Kristin Toney.
While it may just seem like a flag to some, many locals say it is a symbol of pride for the community.

Toney found out Thursday morning that she had won.

After checking the voting page religiously, she took a break. That's right when the results were finalized and she had won by one vote. When she found out, her excitement was through the roof.
She says it's a proud moment for her to know she has created something that will go down in history.

Toney said, "A friend of mine texted me and said 'Hey you did it.' and I was like 'I did what?' and it took me like thirty seconds for it to click like 'Oh, oh wait a minute.' so I was shaken a little. I instantly turned to a co-worker and I was like, 'I did it.'"
Member of the flag design committee, Ethan Page, says seeing the final design is a really big deal for him. Page had the idea back in December to find a way to create a city flag., but knew he couldn't be the only one with this idea.
formed a committee and received lots of public feedback along the way. His goal was to make this a community-oriented effort.

Page said, "There were lots of people in our community that wanted this and needed this and were passionate about it and to see that finally come out to the finished product is cool. It was a lot more intensive than I honestly predicted it to be."
Toney's design is all about Terre Haute's history.

She incorporated a Sycamore leaf, nineteen stars for Indiana being the nineteenth state, the crossroads in town, and the colors of the Indiana state flag.

To her, the design was all about finding things that describe Terre Haute.

After presenting the design to the city council on June 6th, the committee is hopeful they will be able to purchase flags to decorate the city with.

Seal

Previous flag

image by Eugene Ipavec, 9 May 2009

Darrel Zeck, Director of Public Affairs, City of Terre Haute, Indiana, sent me the following description of the flag: "The flag is white, with the seal centered in the flag. On a 3' x 5' flag, the seal is 30" in diameter" (5/6 height). Attached were also photo of the flag and b/w version of the city seal.

Valentin Poposki, 8 May 2009