The flag of Westhampton, Massachusetts is a photograph of a tree with the city's seal in the center.
History[]
When Westhampton became aware that it was one of the few municipalities in Massachusetts that did not have a flag, residents started brainstorming. Mary Montague took a photo of the city's walnut tree during the winter to use as a model for a painting, and thought the image would also be an appropriate one for the town's flag. She said that the tree was unique and had history. She also said that she loved the way some of the tree's limbs reach for the ground while the others stretched toward the sky. The walnut tree was planted during the early 1800s, when Sylvester Judd Jr., a historian and statesman, and Kurt Heidinger, a resident who has researched Judd and the town's history, said he had visited a state south of Massachusetts, brought back walnuts or seeds and then planted them. It is also the largest walnut tree in Massachusetts. Montague and resident Bob Miller collaborated on the flag's design. Using a computer, Miller superimposed the town seal on the center of Montague's image of the tree.[1]
2022 NAVA survey[]
The flag scored 0.97 / 311th out of 312, an F on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, behind Overland Park and ahead of Ranger.
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