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![]() ![]() IPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad iPad, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4, 9. IPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Plus: 1284x2778 IPhone Xs Max, iPhone 11 Pro Max: 1242x2688 IPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone 11 Pro: 1125x2436 IPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6s plus, iPhone 7 plus, iPhone 8 plus: 1242x2208 IPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 8: 750x1334 A red star with five points set upon a white circle is featured on the center band. The red band is also edged with thin white stripes. IPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone SE: 640x1136 Also called the Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi, the flag of North Korea is a simple design bearing a thick red horizontal band at the center with smaller blue bands bordering it on the top and bottom. IPhone: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS: 320x480 Six-pointed stars are used because five-pointed stars represent sovereign states, and because the star as designed was not found on any other known flags as of 1917.MacBook Pro 13.3" Retina, MacBook Air 13" Retina, MacBook Air 13.3"(2020, M1): 2560x1600 Dual monitor: In a more facetious vein, a fifth star has been proposed if the Chicago Cubs should win the World Series, which has not happened since 1908. A proposal was put forward by the 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee if the bid to host the games had been successful, a fifth star might have been added to the flag however, the Olympic bid was lost to Rio de Janeiro. A fifth star was also discussed following the Chicago Flood of 1992. On another occasion, a star was proposed in honor of Harold Washington, the first African-American mayor of Chicago. The first occasion occurred in the 1940s, when a letter to the Chicago Tribune asked that a fifth star be added to the city flag in honor of the city's place in the history of the nuclear age. Ī possible fifth star has been proposed for the city flag on more than one occasion. Its points refer to bragging rights: the United States' 2nd Largest City (became 3rd largest in 1990 census when passed by Los Angeles), Chicago's Latin Motto ( Urbs in horto – City in a garden), Chicago's "I Will" Motto, the Great Central Marketplace, Wonder City, and Convention City. The fourth star represents the Century of Progress Exposition (1933–1934), and was added in 1933.Its six points stand for political entities Chicago has belonged to and the flags that have flown over the area: France 1693, Great Britain 1763, Virginia 1778, the Northwest Territory 1789, Indiana Territory 1802, and Illinois (territory 1809, and state 1818). The third star symbolizes the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and is original to the 1917 design.Its six points represent the virtues of religion, education, aesthetics, justice, beneficence, and civic pride. ![]() The second star stands for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and is original to the 1917 design of the flag.Its six points symbolize transportation, labor, commerce, finance, populousness, and salubrity. The first star represents Fort Dearborn.Stars There are four red six-pointed stars on the center white stripe, from left to right (although this is not the order in which they were added to the flag). The lighter blue on the flag is variously called, sky blue, and pale blue, in a 1917 article of a speech by Rice, it was called "the color of water". The bottom blue stripe represents the South Branch of the river and the " Great Canal", over the Chicago Portage. The top blue stripe represents Lake Michigan and the North Branch of the Chicago River. ![]() Stripes The three white background areas of the flag represent, from top to bottom, the North, West and South sides of the city. ![]()
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