The Five Flags Center is a multipurpose facility, in downtown Dubuque, Iowa.
It is named for the five flags that have flown over Dubuque; the Fleur de Lis of France (1673-1763), the Royal Flag of Spain (1763-1803), the Union Jack of Great Britain (1780, during a brief interruption of Spanish rule), the French Republic Flag of Napoleon (1803) & America's Stars and Stripes (1803-Present).
Famous quotes containing the words flags and/or center:
“Still, it is dear defiance now to carry
Fair flags of you above my indignation,”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.”
—Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)