As you may recall, Chicago did not win the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. If it had, officials in the Office of the City Flag Design would have considered adding a fifth red star to the iconic Chicago flag to commemorate the event. The new flag would have resembled the flag below. But that didn’t happen, so the flag still has 4, very meaningful, stars. Without getting too specific, the 4 red stars represent 4 things or events that came to define Chicago’s history. The first star represents Fort Dearborn (no longer standing); the second star represents the Great Chicago … Continue reading A New Star for Chicago’s Flag?