7 Ways to Celebrate Wichita's Birthday

The 148th anniversary of Wichita's incorporation is this Saturday, July 21. We encourage everyone to find a way to celebrate our city and have offered several recommendations below. Tell us how you're celebrating on Twitter by using #ILoveWichita. Attend a Birthday Celebration

• The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is providing free admission on Saturday if you bring a Birthday card for Wichita.
• Known as LevelUP, several community groups are transforming a not-so-typical parking garage into a vibrant, curated showcase of Wichita at 215 S. Market.
• The Wichita Art Museum is hosting a Birthday Bash to celebrate the city’s anniversary as well as the Museum’s 83rd birthday.
• Host your own birthday bash by offering a discount or service for people wearing flag swag and promote it via social media.

The flag is a common sight in College Hill neighborhoods. Photo from Tillie's Flower Shop. Wave Your #WichitaFlag Gone are the days when only a handful of businesses and homes were flying the city’s official flag. Wichitans are showing their pride at home, school and work by flying their favorite civic symbol and tagging @WichitaFlag on social media. Don’t own a flag, yet? Find a list of local vendors that can set you up with various sizes of flags at ilovewichita.org. Support a Local Artist Stumped about how to mark a special occasion for a friend, family member or co-worker? Purchase some flag wearables or art. The variety and quantity of creative folk and commercial art that Wichitans are creating is dazzling. Check the @WichitaFlag accounts and look for the flag swag listing on ilovewichita.org. This mural can be found at 350 W. Douglas. Visit a Mural Wouldn’t it be flagtastic to have a guide to all the Wichita flag-themed murals in the downtown area? The Chamber offers a PDF guide for the three-mile stretch of Douglas Avenue between Clifton Avenue and S. Osage Street (download at ilovewichita.org). Rather go green? Then download the izi.travel app and look for the Wichita Flag Murals – Downtown Wichita, Kansas tour. There are both audio and readable versions of the tour, which includes 28 different murals on or near Douglas Avenue. Display #ILoveWichita for All to See Share what you love about our city on social media using #ILoveWichita, use your organization’s digital signage to share your pride, or add a #ILoveWichita decal to the front door of your company of organization (Contact Courtney Sendall to learn how to get a decal). Heather Feist (@honeyfeist) and friends spent their friend-cation in matching flag tanks at Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Participate in the #WichitaFlagSummerTravelContest Take the Wichita flag on your summer vacation and enter to win. Just follow @WichitaFlag on Instagram and post your original photos on Instagram of you repping ICT. Tag your location, use #WichitaFlagSummerTravelContest, and be part of spreading the Wichita love. Show Your Wichita Colors Grab a copy of today's Wichita Eagle to cut and color a Wichita flag coloring sheet, or download a two-sided version from ilovewichita.org.