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Hempstead, New York (U.S.)

Nassau County

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 November 2005
based on an image at www.flagguys.com/4x6.html
located by Valentin Poposki, 8 October 2005

Description of the flag
Floral Park
Village of Hempstead

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Description of the flag

It is a dark yellow flag with a seal-like emblem centered on it; this is shown in white with blue lining and consists of a double-rimmed ring with the inscription "Town of Hempstead, N.Y." from "7 to 5 o'clock" in large serif capitals and "founded 1644" in small sans-serif capitals on the remaining space; on the central area of the shield, the national coat of arms of the United States (isn't this a misuse?) with a squarish scroll reading "Nassau County" as its crest.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 November 2005

A news story at www.antonnews.com/illustratednews/2005/04/15/news/installation.html confirms that the Town of Hempstead flag is yellow:

"Lofaro added, 'You know as I walked into the hall tonight I noticed all the flags in the front here and how they related to all that Trustee Barbieri and has done for us. The green flag is from Town of North Hempstead and Donald got $250,000 from them; the orange flag is the County of Nassau and he got $100,000 and secured nearly a million dollars in block grants from them; the United States flag at the end represents the federal government and Donald received $2 million from them. The yellow flag is the flag of the Town of Hempstead and Donald, you have four more years to work on them."

The Village of Hempstead is within the Town of Hempstead (see below).
Ned Smith, 9 October 2005

Village of Floral Park

image located by Valentin Poposki, 11 November 2005
Source: www.fpvillage.org/history/history.htm

The Village of Floral Park in New York has a population of 15,967 and a land area of 1.37 sq. miles. It is part of the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County. The flag is dark blue with a seal showing three flowers. Above is written the name of the village, and below are three stylized flowers and the date 1908.
Valentin Poposki, 11 November 2005

Village of Hempstead

image located by Ned Smith, 27 February 2005
Source: mywebsite.register.com/db1/00022/goreechallenge.com/_uimages/SAAI1077.jpg

I found the above image of the flag of the Village of Hempstead while browsing the web. It is a light blue field with the village seal in the middle. How it came to be in Nelson Mandela's hands I cannot say for sure- I cannot find any accompanying text to go with it. But it was part of a website of an HIV activist who separately mentions visiting Hempstead and meeting the mayor and visiting with Mandela, so there is probably some sort of logical explanation. The flag has a field of light blue and bears a light blue & white rendition of the village seal in the center. A differently colored version of the seal can be seen at www.villageofhempstead.org/.
Note that the Village of Hempstead is not to be confused with the Town of Hempstead nor the Town of North Hempstead, both in Nassau County, NY. The village is a subunit within the Town of Hempstead (it is quite common- and a bit confusing- in New York State for a village to share an identical name with the larger town within which it lies.)
Ned Smith, 27 February 2005