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# Bellingham, Washington (U.S.)

## Whatcom County

Last modified: 2026-07-25 by rick wyatt
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image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 July 2016
Source: PWA website

- Description of the flag
- Seal
- Port of Bellingham
- Belingham Pride flag

See also:

- Brunswick, Maine
- Western Washington University
- Whatcom County
- County and Municipal flags of Washington
- Washington
- United States of America

## Description of the flag

Municipal flag design for the city of Bellingham, Washington, designed by Bradley James Lockhart of Lariat Creative in accordance with the principles of vexillology.
This design won a contest hosted by the Downtown Bellingham Partnership and was first raised in March of 2016. It has since been adopted by the Port of Bellingham, flown by dozens of local businesses, and is proudly displayed by hundreds of citizens.
Esteban Rivera, 25 July 2016

## Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

Source: https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/12/402732/12187152/seal_654.png
Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

## Port of Bellingham

located by Michael Smuda, 18 October 2005

A desk size flag (4"x6") of Bellingham, Washington, USA is being offered on Ebay.
Michael P. Smuda, 18 October 2005

The Port of Bellingham is "a municipal corporation that serves the Whatcom County community" (http://www.portofbellingham.com/).
Andrew Rogers, 18 October 2005

## Belingham Pride flag

image located by Tomislav Todorovic, 14 June 2026
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellingham_Pride_Flag.svg

In 2019, Bradley Lockhart created the Pride version of the city flag [1]. The basic design is the same, but the four stripes are now in red, orange, yellow and green (top down), while the hoist shape is divided horizontally, purple above blue, all six rainbow colors thus being employed. The flag was originally created as a means to raise money for the Sean Humphrey House, a local nursing home for HIV positive people [1, 2] and is frequently used at the local Pride events [3-6]. While the flag is produced with the ratio of either 2:3 or 3:5, just like the city flag [7], the currently available photos suggest that the first of those prevails in use [3-6].
Sources:
Lariat Creative website - Bellingham Flag Design:https://lariatcreative.com/Bellingham-Flag-Design
Cascadia Daily News websitehttps://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jun/28/bellingham-flag-artist-believes-graphic-design-can-change-the-course-of-history/
My Bellingham Now website - Report from the Bellingham Pride 2024:https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-photos-youth-pride-parade-and-festival-honors-lgbtqia-youth/
City of Bellingham Government at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 2024-06-01:https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=869833011846418&set=a.229085932587799
Flickr - Photo of the flag, taken on 2025-07-13:https://www.flickr.com/photos/theslowlane/54654181742/
Flickr - Photo of the flag, taken on 2025-08-25:https://www.flickr.com/photos/theslowlane/53949422357/
Bellingham Flag online store:https://bellinghamflag.bigcartel.com/category/normal-flags
Tomislav Todorovic, 14 June 2026