The official flag of the Nashville Metropolitan government.

The flag of Nashville, Tennessee consists of the city's seal on a white disc surrounded by a field of blue, with a strip of yellow on the fly. The flag was adopted in December of 1963 when the governments of Nashville and Davidson County merged to form the Metro government. In an official ceremony, it was reigned in as the new flag on August 4, 1964 at the Metropolitan Courthouse. The flag is modeled off of the Tennessee state flag. Image File history File links Flag of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. ... Image File history File links Flag of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. ... The tricolour flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 km² 195 km 710 km 2. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Davidson County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... In the United States the term metropolitan government is most frequently used to describe a system of municipal government in which most or all of the functions of a government of a county are combined with those of its principal city. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The Flag of Tennessee consists of three stars in a circle on a field of red, with a strip of blue on the right side. ...

The seal displays a Native American holding a skull that is believed to be Oconostota, former leading Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1775 to 1780. He stands by a tobacco plant, an eagle, and a badge-shaped shield decorated in a style similar to the American flag. Though the flag with the seal in black and white is the de jure version of the flag, today flags in Nashville are displayed with the seal, approximately 1/2 of the flag's width, in full color. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... A hippopotamus skull A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure of Craniates which serves as the general framework for a head. ... Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Flag ratio: 7:12; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars...

Prior to the consolidation, the flag consisted of a blue star on a red background overlapped by two crossing white bars. The blue star was enclosed in golden olive branches located under the letter N, standing for the city name. It had been designed by Harville H. Duncan and adopted by the City Council sometime after 1952. Olive branch is a colloquial term referring to a concession or a gesture of peace, as well as a peace symbol. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In a review by the North American Vexillological Association of 150 American city flags, the Nashvillian flag came in 43rd with a rating of 4.85 out of 10. The group had cited Nashville using its city seal, which they had said makes flags difficult to discern from a distance. They had also stated that the gold outer stripe would not have much functionality because flags tend to fray, and the outer edge occasionally needs shaving. Mayor Bill Purcell commented, "Flags are a subjective thing. People in the rest of the country may not appreciate our unique flag. It's a flag that takes some time to get comfortable with. There are not many flags with a skull on it." NAVA flag The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) is a body devoted to the study of flags. ... Mayor Bill Purcell William Paxon Purcell III (born October 25, 1953) is the fifth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, elected first in 1999 and reelected to a second term in 2003. ...

References

• Flags of the World's entry on the Nashville flag
• An article from The Tennessean mirrored by Flagwire
• NAVA's city flag survey.
• Mayor Bill Purcell hands the Metro flag to a school principal.
• A page by the Tennessee Daughters of the American Revolution on the Metro Nashville flag
• Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. (1990). Flags of Tennessee. Pelican. ISBN: 0882897942