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Wheeling has adopted a city flag:
https://wtov9.com/news/local/ahead-of-wheelings-250th-anniversary-city-council-unveils-new-city-flag.
Dave Fowler, 8 September 2018
https://wtov9.com/news/local/ahead-of-wheelings-250th-anniversary-city-council-unveils-new-city-flag
tells us: "Here’s a look at Wheeling’s new city flag! It was officially adopted
today at council. What do you think?
6:50 PM - Sep 4, 2018"
And:
"The design of the flag is meant to pay homage to the city's history.
The three sections symbolize river, road and rail. The two blue sections
represent the Ohio River and Wheeling Creek. The five stars are navigational
stars, paying tribute to Wheeling as a transportation hub. Each star represents
a different era in Wheeling's history. The flag was created by the Wheeling 250
Committee, and was officially adopted by council Tuesday afternoon."
Another website,
http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2018/09/wheeling-leaders-adopt-new-municipal-flag/
has:
"The city of Wheeling has a new official flag approved by city council
Tuesday.
Mayor Glenn Elliott thanked the Wheeling 250 Committee for its
efforts in creating the new banner. A prior flag for the city
of Wheeling — adopted in 1968 — hangs in the back of council chambers, but
largely has gone unnoticed."
The only possibility for that flag that I
saw in a quick search was at
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/4y3khh/flag_of_wheeling_wv_im_sorry.
It continues
&"The ordinance unanimously passed by council
describes the flag as having two horizontal blue stripes at its top and bottom
representing the Ohio River and Wheeling Creek. An additional white stripe in
the center creates three stripes, representing the three major modes of
transportation that contributed to Wheeling’s development — “river, road and
rail.”
Five gold stars in the white stripe represent major eras in
Wheeling’s past. The “indigenous star” symbolizes Wheeling’s first inhabitants;
“the frontier star,” the first settlement by Ebenezer Zane and his brothers in
1769; the “transportation star,” the Ohio River, National Road and Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad; the “statehood star,” Wheeling as West Virginia’s first capital;
and the “industrial star,” Wheeling’s role as a manufacturing and industrial
center."
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 8 September 2018
![[Flag of Wheeling, West Virginia]](../images/u/us-wvwheo.jpg)
image located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 8 September 2018
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/4y3khh/flag_of_wheeling_wv_im_sorry
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 8 September 2018
![[Seal of Wheeling, West Virginia]](../images/u/us-wvwhe).gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 28 July 2019
![[City Seal]](../images/u/us-wvfai).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020
Source:
https://evogov.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020
