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New Britain, Connecticut (U.S.)

Hartford County

image located by Valentin Poposki, 21 July 2012

Description of the flag
Variant flag
City seal

See also:

Description of the flag

A yellow flag with the seal in the center.

This Facebook post shows that the version above is still being used.
https://www.facebook.com/NewBritainCT/photos/
Masao Okazaki, 4 July 2023

Variant flag

image by Masao Okazaki, 4 July 2023

Variant with larger seal seen on Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Municipal_flag_of_New_Britain,_Connecticut.jpg
Masao Okazaki, 4 July 2023

City seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 5 June 2019

Source: http://www.newbritainct.gov/images/NB_Seal.jpg
Paul Bassinson, 5 June 2019

"...Elihu Burritt, one of New Britain's most famous early residents coined a phrase in Latin, which when translated into English means, industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey. This motto was a reference to the large amount of manufacturing companies that helped New Britain become known as the hardware city . . . If you look closely at our city seal, you will see [our] motto as well as a picture of a beehive with seven bees flying around it. Now, legend has it that these seven bees were a tribute to the seven largest factories at the time the city seal was created." (Source)
Ethan Dubrow, 4 January 2025