This has been the Milwaukee flag since 1955.The new flag would feature the sun rising over Lake Michigan. It also includes three blue bars representing the city's three rivers: Milwaukee ...

Finally, on March 13, 1950, the Common Council approved a design competition for a city flag. The winner, designed by 17-year ...

Milwaukee's current city flag reflects its history and is clearly this city on a lake, its supporters say. The People's Flag depicting the sun rising over Lake Michigan is simple, meaningful and ...

Though it's not Milwaukee's official flag, "Sunrise Over the Lake" has been embraced in the city, and is one of our 100 objects.

After a heated hourlong debate, the Milwaukee Common Council delayed a vote Tuesday on whether to change the official city flag to "Sunrise Over the Lake," commonly known as the People's Flag. The ...

There's no doubt Lake Michigan is a big part of the city of Milwaukee − and that's especially true when it comes to the weather. You can thank the lake for late-fall windstorms, cool summer ...

Newspapers described how on July 9, 1868, the Milwaukee set a course to Muskegon, Michigan to pick up a cargo of lumber as a nearly identical ship, the C. Hickox, left Muskegon for Chicago with a ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Explorers from the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) have discovered and identified the remains of the steam barge Milwaukee, which sank in 1886, about 40 miles ...