In the opinion of a contributor, this media, currently under a non-free license, should be carefully reviewed to determine whether there is a more applicable free license that could be applied.
Additional reasoning as to potentially free status: The former flag of Evansville, Indiana, used from 1962–2024 (which contains the seal in the middle of a blue field as its design) is already on Commons Old flag of Evansville, Indiana
This media should be carefully reviewed, an {{information}} block added if not presentand if suitable the image should be transferred to Wikimedia Commons.
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It is used in Evansville, Indiana to illustrate an educational article about the entity that the symbol represents.
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