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Their booklet, Good Flag, Bad Flag, is the definitive guide on the five principals of flag design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1581625544682-0BBPA161DURISJ9ACU4L/FullGroup.png The Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1581626203225-10IBEMASSZ3TK22OPS40/Jury%2BMembership.jpg The Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1581519102607-4RTHMWRPKX5W2DQ402IR/columbia_flag_final.png The Process - Designed by Nate Puza of the The Half and Half The flag represents the three rivers, that the city is a capital city, and showcases the wing imagery sought by City Council. 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Track the progress across the country with the Portland Flag Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1622558448510-NKUU9BGXZJEM6BZUR33J/columbia_pride_flag_final.png Home - Happy Pride! Thanks to flag designer Nate Puza, we offer this alternate flag design in honor of Pride Month. Celebrate it anyway you want using these image files. EPS - Download PNG - Download PDF - Download https://www.flagofcolumbia.com/colors-and-symbols daily 0.75 2020-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1581520133697-FGS4IS4RNN4X4I6SV1NF/columbia_flag_final.png Colors and Symbols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e440f5cc9cc204983d2b384/1581538323489-D48AWWWBTYC7LZFI763S/ColumbiaStahrArtwork.jpg Colors and Symbols - Wings When Columbia was founded in 1786 as a new planned city to house the South Carolina’s state government, Senator John Lewis Gervais proclaimed that the city would be a place where residents would “find refuge under the wings of Columbia,” referring to a personified Columbia, often depicted as a goddess-like female figure. Since then, wings have continued to be a recurring identifying symbol of the City of Columbia. Wings were represented as part of the city’s “rise from the ashes” following the burning of the city in February 1865 and the Columbia Phoenix, a newspaper that was established in the period following. And, wings continue to be a representative image to this day in connections like the Columbia Fireflies, which are named for the synchronous fireflies in the nearby Congaree Swamp National Park. The wing on the flag demonstrates that important role the City’s history and present. The wing and the flag of the city offers refuge for all those that choose to live, work and visit Columbia, South Carolina.