What is the meaning of the stars on the Chicago flag?

Answer 1

Answ1 represents Fort Dearborn.

1 represents The Great Chicago Fire.

1 represents the World's Fair in 1893.

1 represents the last day of chicago and it a bich

Answer 2

The blue bars represent the two branches of the Chicago River, The three white bars represent the three sections of the City: North Side, West Side and South Side. The Stars represent important events in Chicago's history, but I do not know what each of them stands for. My guess is: Ft. Dearborn MASSACRE,THE CHICAGO FIRE 1871,THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1933 AND THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION OF 1943. One star is the Fort Dearborn Massacre, 2nd in the Great Fire of 1871, 3rd. Is the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, 4th is the Century of Progress of 1933.

Answer 3

The four stars each represent major historiical events.

1. The First Star represents Fort Dearborn.
2. The Second Star represents the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
3. The Third Star represents the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
4. The Fourth Star represents the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition.