Although a Bicentennial flag was recommended to the City of Wooster by its Bicentennial Committee in January, 2008, to commemorate the city’s founding in 1808, the flag was not officially adopted by the city council until March 17, 2008.  The flag is a burgee, in imitation of the shape of Ohio’s state flag.  The field is divided into 5 horizontal stripes, from the top, blue, white, yellow, white, and red. They are mostly equal in width except the center yellow stripe is a bit wider at the hoist than the others and a bit narrower at the fly. On the red stripe the words WOOSTER, OHIO EST. 1808 appear in white capitals.  A five-pointed star, in yellow separates “OHIO” from “EST.”   Superimposed across the flag’s field in the center, between the blue and red stripes are large circular depictions of the two sides of the city seal.  The obverse of the seal has a narrow yellow fimbriation around the circumference.  The scene on the seal recalls the State of Ohio seal, showing a rising yellow sun with rays extending into a dark blue sky, which form the upper half of the seal.  About a fourth of the way  down  on  the  seal  from  the  top  is “Wooster” in  Arial-font  white  letters.  The  lower  half of the seal is  a dark  green, with two  yellow corn shocks centered on the field.  Below the shocks is “1808" in black. Curved around the hoist side of the seal is a yellow wheat stalk; on the fly side are a portion of two gears in black, the upper one slightly smaller than the lower one.