St. Petersburg

The present St. Petersburg city flag was designed in 1983. The flag features colored bars, explained Ronald Whitney Jr., the city’s graphic designer and the flag’s creator: red and orange for the sun, green for the land, two blue bars for water. A white pelican adorns the flag’s center. “I grew up here, and the pelican as part of our city flag speaks well of our environmental concerns. We take them for granted, but they are one of the original characters of the area.”