New Fairfield, Connecticut (U.S.)

Fairfield County

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After a very thorough search, the New Fairfield town clerk has told me they do not have a town flag.
Ethan Dubrow, 6 August 2024

Seal

image located by Ethan Dubrow, 26 May 2024

Source: https://gis.vgsi.com/newfairfieldct/Images/NewFairfield_CT_seal.jpg 

New Fairfield Seal: https://www.newstimes.com/local/slideshow/New-Fairfield-town-seal-may-get-face-lift-after-215797.php:

The seal was designed by late Richard Pettibone, with help from other local artists, and approved at a town meeting in 1968.

Work on a town seal started several years before its approval, when New Fairfield�s town clerk, Arthur Mulligan, proposed the idea of creating one in 1963. Mulligan believed the seal should �reflect the history, past and present, and the flavor of the town,� according to a 1965 article in the Danbury News-Times. Pettibone�s originally proposed design included many of the same images depicted on the town�s present-day seal: a horseshoe, arrowhead, anvil, plowshare, carriage, boat and water, as well as �NF� � the horse brand assigned to the town by the Colonial Assembly. It also included an eagle � a figure commonly used as a heraldic emblem on state and town seals, according to the Bridgeport Post article � but the figure did not make it into the seal�s final design. Dorothea Fox, a local artist, was commissioned to prepare the seal�s cast and did so with help from her husband and fellow commercial artist, Charles, according to a 1976 Citizens News article.

The horseshoe and anvil symbolize New Fairfield�s early blacksmiths, the boat and water represent Candlewood Lake, the plowshare and horse brand represent the town�s early farming settlers, and the carriage symbolizes New Fairfield�s commercial wagon-making industry in the late 19th century. Branches and candles along the edges of the seal�s shield also represent Candlewood Lake. According to the town, �legend tells that the early settlers would cut branches from certain trees that would burn as brightly as candles when lit.� The seal also features the image of a Native American man, as well as a large arrowhead, representative of New Fairfield�s �earliest known people,� according to the town.
Ethan Dubrow, 26 May 2024