Knoxville celebrated Iowa Flag Day Wednesday inside the courthouse on the first floor.

Iowa Flag Day is a day to reflect on our heritage and celebrate our history. What makes the day special in Knoxville is the Iowa Flag was designed here. Iowa State Flag Day was declared by the legislature in 1998. In 2015 Governor Terry Branstad proclaimed March 23-29 as Dixie Cornell Gebhardt Week in Iowa since she designed the Iowa flag.

Events held Wednesday included History of the Iowa Flag by author of “My Name is Dixie,” T. Waldmann-Williams. There was a special reading of the 2023 Governor’s Proclamation, declaring March 29th as Iowa Flag Day. Knoxville Mayor Brian Hatch read a proclamation for the event. Another individual showed some drawings of the Dixie Gebhardt house in Knoxville.

A Knoxville Middle School student, Laney Gullion, a sixth grader from Knoxville read her Flag Day Essay. Walk the Historical Exhibit on the Iowa Flag and Dixie Gebhardt completed the Iowa Flag Day Passport around Knoxville. Kamryn Ryan, a volunteer for the event, served as the emcee.