Nantucket, Massachusetts (U.S.)

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by Dave Martucci, 22 January 1997

• Description of the flag

See also:

• Nantucket County
• State of Massachusetts
• Municipal flags of Massachusetts
• Clickable Map of Massachusetts
• United States of America

In 1974, Nantucket's Town Meeting established an official flag that was based on a design presented to the town by Dr. Edward B. Swain. The blue field of the burgee-shaped flag stands for the sky and sea; the white color for the beaches of the island. The whale, framed by a circle of rope "symbolizes both the globe which Nantucket whale ships range and the compass rose which guided them across oceanic hunting grounds. A harpoon or whale iron was added pointing to the magnetic north pole as seen from Nantucket.
Dave Martucci, 22 January 1997