Brand Louisville

On October 5, 1949 an ordinance was approved adopting an official flag for the city of Louisville. It was described as follows:

“A flag which shall have thirteen silver stars and three gold fleur-de-lis placed upon a field of blue. ‘The stars shall be arranged in a circle in the first quarter after the manner of the thirteen stars of the American Flag as adopted by Congress June 14, 1777. Two gold fleur-de-lis shall be placed in the second quarter and one gold fleur-de-lis shall be placed in the forth quarter so that the three form a triangle with the point at the bottom and the base at the top. The form of the fleur-de-lis shall be the same as the “Middle Ages” fleur-de-lis form shown in the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, Volume 10, page 499. The blue of the flag shall be the same shade of blue as is in the field of the American Flag.’”

The adoption of this ordinance marked the culmination of efforts on the part of Mayor Charles Farnsley to provide a fitting symbol for the City. In its design he consulted flag makers, historians, students of heraldry and others.

The flag tells a story. It is the story of a band of frontiersmen fighting for independence who were grateful for the aid sent to them by France and sought to show this gratitude by naming their settlement for the French king.

-The Louisville Story

Unfortunately this original flag has been replaced. The current flag was implemented in 2003 when the old city of Louisville merged with Jefferson County

Here is an image of the current flag: