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The flag of Seward, Alaska, is horizontally divided between blue and green by a broad white chevron and charged with a yellow star at the upper-fly.

Symbolism[]

The flag represents steep mountains in summer and winter plumage. The star is a tribute to Benny Benson's Alaska state flag. Benny Benson (1913-1972), the designer of the flag of Alaska, lived from 1925 to 1932 at the Jesse Lee Home orphanage in Seward.[1]

2022 NAVA survey[]

The flag scored 6.82/ 42nd out of 312, an A- on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, behind Montpelier and ahead of Wellington.

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