Bellingham, Washington adopts a flag

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After a little over a year in limbo, Brad Lockhart’s winning entry in the Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s flag contest has been officially adopted by the city council of Bellingham, Washington.

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Brad Lockhart holds the Bellingham flag he designed on a city rooftop at sunset. Photo by Tommy Calderon, published by The Bellingham Herald.
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Lockhart posing with the city council, in “this historic photo of the city’s first-ever flag”.  From the Bellingham City Council Facebook page.
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The symbolism of the design.

For more information about municipal flag improvement efforts in the US and Canada, see our Municipal Flag Improvement page.

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