by KYW's Steve Tawa
A lasting symbol of William Penn's motto about "brotherly love" was recognized Tuesday at a special ceremony in center city Philadelphia, as they raised Philadelphia's civic flag.
It's a 10' x 6' banner of American-made silk, in three equal vertical panels, in azure blue and golden yellow, with the seal of the city in the middle.
The city flag flies on four corners atop City Hall, and in front of the Municipal Services Building.
The flag was born exactly 112 years ago, but the celebration on the MSB Plaza was the first public event promoting it.
The first person to receive a Philadelphia city flag -- Army specialist Anthony Fusetti, an Iraq conflict veteran from the Northeast who graduated from Frankford High -- was granted a special leave from his unit in Georgia to attend the event:
"I just want to thank Partners for Civic Pride. This is not about me. It's about Philly soldiers in Iraq right now."
The nonprofit organization Partners for Civic Pride is working to help school children send 100 "Philly flag packages" to local soldiers serving in Iraq.
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