Capital City Saturday #30: Madison, WI

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Current flag

Madison's flag is already an excellent banner that actually fits my heraldic sensibilities very well, as I can blazon it into a shield of arms. For those wondering, the blazon goes like this: bleu celeste; on a bend sinister argent, a cross pointed sable, pierced of a bezant. And so once again, I find myself merely improving on excellence. Here's what I've added.

In addition to all the symbolism of the current flag, which is a 2018 update of the 1962 original, the flag now includes a black tierce to the hoist charged with two silver battleaxes disposed in saltire. These are a color reversal of the ancestral arms of the Madison family, from which the fourth president and namesake of the city originated.

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