Should Cleveland have a new flag? Descendent of original designer speaks out to Mike Polk Jr.

Mike Polk Jr. caught up with Kristen Fragassi, the great-granddaughter of Susan Hepburn, who designed the official Cleveland city flag back in 1896:
Last week, we introduced you to the people from the CLE Flag Project, the group that's trying to update our city symbol. The current flag has been representing our city since 1896, and they believe it's time for a change.
"I didn't know that Cleveland had a flag," CLE Flag Project co-project organizer Brian Lachman told 3News in an earlier interview. "Most of our feedback through talking to people and surveying the community was that it's just not an effective flag. We're looking to the community of Greater Cleveland to submit flag designs...We want people to get engaged with this."
However, this has been our city's symbol for over a century, and in a city that values tradition, it's only logical that some people might object to the change. Here's someone who comes to mind. Susan Hepburn, the artist who designed our current banner back in 1895, but as she's unavailable for comment, her great-granddaughter, Kristen Fragassi, is speaking up on behalf of the family.
"We just feel like from our standpoint, this is a bit of an exercise in revisionist history. We would like to educate people the principles on which the city was founded that are represented in this flag," Fragassi said.
Fragassi, who notes that her great grandmother went on to become an accomplished artist after designing the flag at just 18 years old, thinks there’s value in preserving the current look.
"To me, it seems like a solution in search of a problem. This isn't about me or our family history or our family legacy. This is about the history of Cleveland."
And as she pointed out, these symbols all represent important elements that laid the foundation of this great city.
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“Revisionist history.” Extremely well said. Leave it alone.