The flag

Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.The first flags were used to assist...

 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, consists of three vertical stripes of equal width (blue, yellow, blue) with the city coat of arms across the center of the yellow stripe (although versions of the flag that omit the coat of arms are also frequently displayed). The seal and arms were adopted by the city in 1874. The blue and yellow colors commemorate the original Swedish colonization

New Sweden

New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. New Sweden included parts of the present-day American states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....

 of Philadelphia. The dimensions of the flag are "10 feet long and 6 feet wide, or similar proportions". One flag manufacturer who supplies flags to the city government stated that the shade of blue used is "UN Blue" (the same shade used in the United Nations flag).

Coat of arms

Azure, a fess or, in chief a plough, in base, a ship in full sail, both proper. Crest: a nude right arm holding a pair of scales (representing justice). Supporters: two female figures, on the right side (observer's left), dressed in white and purple robes, crowned with an olive wreath and holding a scroll charged with an anchor in her right hand; on the left side (observer's right) is the goddess Ceres, dressed in white and blue robes holding a cornucopia

Cornucopia

The cornucopia or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form...

in her left hand. The motto on a scroll below is "Philadelphia Maneto" ("Let Brotherly Love Continue").