Rotary International

Last modified: 2001-09-28 by rob raeside
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by Ole Andersen, 11 September 1998

Image based on a flag flown outside a Copenhagen hotel one morning in 1998.
Ole Andersen, 10 July 2001

• Origin of the Flag
• Gonfalone of the Rotary Club of Tirana, Albania

See also:

• International Organizations

Rotary International officially adopted its flag during the 1992 Congress in Dallas (Texas).

The first official flag of Rotary is said to have been displayed in Kansas City (Missouri) in January 1915. In 1922, admiral Richard Byrd, member of the Winchester Rotary Club, brought a small flag in his expedition to the South Pole. He did the same in 1926 when he went to the North Pole.

Some Rotary Clubs use the official flag as club pennant during their meetings. In such instances, it is allowed to add above the wheel ROTARY CLUB and below it the city, state or country name. The official flag is permanently displayed in the seat of Rotary and during congresses and official events sponsored by Rotary International.

The image shown on this page matches the official description but has a yellow border all around not mentioned above. Unfortunately, the site mentioned above does not show the flag.

Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001

I have spotted the Rotary flag with yellow border twice here in Oulu, Finland, most recently in spring 2001.

Ossi Raivio, 11 July 2001

from this site, 13 July 2001