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![[flag of Westport, Connecticut]](../images/u/us-ctwpt.gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 15 November, 2008
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The flag of the Town of Westport, Connecticut, was shown on the municipal
website:
http://www.westportct.gov/government/about/westportflag.htm, but it is
defunct now, and I wasn't able to save the image in that time. However, I used
Google cache to find a small image and text of the flag story.
"Local
designer Miggs Burroughs was asked to design the Westport town flag as part of
Westport's 150th birthday celebration in 1985. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield had
just moved into town and told First Selectman Bill Seiden that he would like to
do something for the town. Seiden told Dangerfield about plans for a new flag
and asked if he would fund the production of a few dozen 4' x 6' flags for
municipal buildings and for private businesses that might want it. Miggs donated
his services and the flags were fabricated. Miggs based his design concept on
the river, which is central to Westport's character and its history. Farmers
wanted a parish to call their own and formed Westport from the western piece of
Fairfield's parish on the east side of the river, and the eastern piece of
Norwalk's parish, on the west side of the river. Miggs has stated: "The
minuteman has become the symbol for Westport's independent spirit and will
forever stand watch over our community. Blue is for the river that flows though
the town and its history. Green is for the fertile land on which the town was
founded, and the golden sky is symbolic of the wealth of community spirit and
natural resources which makes Westport such a special place."
Valentin
Poposki, 15 November 2008