In an official ceremony, it was reigned in as the new flag on August 4, 1964, at the Metropolitan Courthouse.

Additionally, there is usually a thin white bar separating the outer strip of yellow from the blue field.

Prior to the consolidation, the flag consisted of a blue star on a red background overlapped by two crossing white bars.

The blue star was enclosed in golden olive branches located under the letter N, standing for the city name.

[1] The group cited Nashville's use of its city seal, which they said makes flags difficult to discern from a distance.