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![[flag of Winchester, Missouri]](../images/u/us-mowin.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 3 October 2025
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"Winchester's flag was the creation of then 14-year-old Harold Holmes Jr., who was the winner of a flag design contest in February 1979. "According to Harold, the design was brought about because he felt that Winchester was a good city to live in. It was a safe, family oriented place where everyone knew their neighbors," City Administrator Barbara Beckett Beckett said. His tree idea came from his visits to Reber Park. "Harold lived on a street named Evergreen so he thought the evergreen tree was appropriate. The roots on his tree were significant to the flag phrase 'the place to plant your roots,' which followed his idea that Winchester was a good place to raise a family," Beckett said."
www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/article_2586c067-0509-52a4-b0c9-34fd746961b5.html by Mary Shapiro
Valentin Poposki, 24 November 2011
Photos from Google Maps show that a revised version of the flag has been used since at least 2016. July 2016 photo: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5929337,-90.5273455
The flag can be clearly seen in this 2020 photo: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5929063,-90.5271715
The tree used on the flag can be seen in this 2020 newsletter: https://www.city.winchester.mo.us/pageimages/documents/Newsletters/20-02_MARCH_FINAL.pdf
Masao Okazaki, 3 October 2025
![[previous version of Winchester, Missouri]](../images/u/us-mowin-o.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 3 October 2025
based on photo provided by Beth Stanley, 26 August 2025
The flag of Winchester shown above is a version flown outside through 2015. Since 2016 a new version has been used. Both versions look 3x5 with a white center field for the tree and text.
Masao Okazaki, 28 August 2025
