New Topeka city flag replaces old one on pole outside City Hall

“This is a great day for our city,” city manager Brent Trout said.

Participants gathered at 12:15 p.m. in a shaded area just north of the city hall building at 215 S.E. 7th, where an American flag flies from a pole just east of the entrance and the city flag flies from a pole just to its west.

During a ceremony that lasted about 14 minutes, a color guard consisting of Topeka police officers and firefighters removed the old city flag and hoisted the new one.

Those present first heard from four speakers: De La Isla, Trout, former Topeka Mayor Joan Wagnon and Angel Romero, chairman of the executive board for Forge, the city’s young professionals organization.

(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)