[1] The city's previous flag, designed by Edmund Jackson and adopted in 1914, was considered outdated.

[2] The brown silhouette of a mounted Andrew Jackson is taken from a bronze statue in the downtown urban core, and represents the city's history and namesake.

The color orange is significant in the "Sunshine State" and one of Jacksonville's neighborhoods is named Mandarin.

[4] The visually confusing silhouette under the horse is the tip of the scabbard of Andrew Jackson's sword.

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