Allen County Bicentennial

The county brought a close to a year-long celebration of the county's bicentennial by unveiling a new flag to represent it.

A group of artists have been chosen to paint murals on the sculptures which will then be installed in several places throughout the county.

The Allen County Bicentennial Executive Board originally planned to unveil the design of the new Allen County flag on Flag Day, but Tuesday, it announced that unveiling has been postponed due to the high volume of entries.

The city calls the piece "functional art" as it was painted by a local artist and also serves as a bench.

As Allen County officials look to continue to celebrate the county's 200th birthday, they wanted to add some permanent fixtures to the county in honor of the milestone. Friday, they revealed two more of those projects.

Allen County turned 200 years old Monday, and county and state officials officials took the day to kick off a celebration set to last the rest of the year.