Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.)

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Front (obverse) by Michael P. Smuda, 30 May 2000

Back (reverse) by Rick Wyatt, 25 July 2001

• Description of the flag
• Flag law

See also:

• City of Raleigh site
• North Carolina
• United States of America
• Flag laws in the United States

The flag of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina is similar to that of Peru, but with the city arms in the white part.
Bruce Tindall, 28 September 1995

The City of Raleigh's one of about 450 U.S. cities to have an official flag. Raleigh's flag was authorized in 1899 - as the result of a wish by the City fathers to present a standard to the captain of the Cruiser USS Raleigh. That was the Navy's second "Raleigh," a protected cruiser built by the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, and launched on March 31, 1892. The flag was originally made by Miss Kate Denson. A bookkeeping entry of November 1899, revealed the cost of making the first ensign to be $52.

The official flag committee of 1899 recommended that Sir Walter Raleigh's colors of red and white be used for perpendicular bars (red, white, red) on each side of the flag. Raleigh is known as "the City of the Oaks," and on one side of the flag, the committee recom