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The white stands for purity, peace and integrity, and for Lafayette's role as the seat of government for Tippecanoe County. The red triangles recall the sacrifice and courage of early settlers, and their shape doubles as the mathematical symbol delta, for change. The blue line honours the Wabash River and the city's history as a river town. The gold star nods to local awards, to corn, the region's great crop, and to the city's nickname, \"Star of the Wabash.\" The Mayor's Youth Council designed the flag, which was adopted on April 9, 2007, so it is a young emblem with old roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Turn of the Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned slowly in the hands, so the flag never shows all at once. Each turn brings the Wabash line around the curve, then the star, then the red triangles, a small civic tour before the first sip. 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Four white stripes cut across it, two running vertically and two horizontally, so the flag reads as a crossing of roads. Near the centre sits a white circle over a red field, with a white star beside it. The palette is limited to dark blue, red and white, and the strong geometry carries the whole composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach element stands for part of the city. The blue field represents Indianapolis's residential areas, while the four white stripes are North and South Meridian Streets and East and West Market Streets, the lines behind the nickname \"Crossroads of America.\" The white circle and red field depict Monument Circle, where the red signifies the city's energy and urge for progress. The white star represents the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and the capital's role as a commercial centre. Designed by Roger E. 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The palette is restrained to red and white, and the \"Gateway to Indiana\" slogan runs as lettering alongside it. Some versions replace the red ground with a white field carrying a map of Indiana, while others use a red background framed by a white border. Each variation keeps the same formal, symmetrical layout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slogan carries the flag's story. Richmond sits on the eastern edge of the state, and its position as a primary entry point from the east earned it the \"Gateway to Indiana\" name. The seal and motto together express that geographic identity and the community's local pride. 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Ten stars sit within the composition as structured, repeating iconography. Three distinct blue lines run through the field and give the design its geographic rhythm. The Four Freedoms Monument is depicted prominently, so the emblem reads as a deliberate, detailed picture rather than a loose graphic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery element carries a meaning. The ten stars stand for the number of letters in \"Evansville\" and for the E in Excellence Awards. The three blue lines represent the Ohio River, Pigeon Creek, and the Wabash and Erie Canal. The colours follow the same logic: gold signals industriousness, dark blue marks natural waterways, light blue stands for freedom and unity, and white for peace and prosperity. 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Their boundaries meet and interlock, and the eye moves from one state to the next as if following a road atlas open on a kitchen table. The title text names the four states and the year, so the map itself carries the only lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe four states share the Ohio River as a border or a meeting point, and this map turns that waterway into the spine of the composition. A regional map like this records a moment in how people drew and understood their home ground. The 1977 date fixes it to a specific era, when these lines were the working reference for travellers and families across the Midwest and the Ohio Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigned for the Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned in the hand as you drink, so the map never sits still. Each rotation brings another stretch of state lines into view, and the design reads as a journey around the table rather than a single picture. 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Their borders do the work of the composition. The straight lines of Indiana and Illinois meet the curving river boundaries, and the Ohio River, which forms much of the southern edge of Ohio and Indiana and runs along Kentucky's northern side, becomes the strongest line on the map. Place names and the title text are set in a plain, cartographic style that keeps the focus on shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaps like this one carry a particular kind of meaning: they show how a region was divided and connected. The four states share the Midwest and the Ohio Valley, and the river that links them was once the main highway for trade and settlement. The title's date, 1977, places the piece in the later twentieth century, and the \"2\" marks it as part of a numbered set, the kind of series people collect and hang in pairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Story in Your Hands\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a map you read one slice at a time. As you turn it, the states slide past the edge and back again, so the river and borders appear in pieces rather than all at once. 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