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by Masao Okazaki, 10 November 2025
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In November 2022, Joe Ciccone suggested to Shelton’s mayor that his hometown should have a flag. In July 2023, Ciccone, who became a member of a Flag Committee with two aldermen, consulted with NAVA’s Flag Design Forum and presented 4 blue flag designs featuring a “swervy S” with long horizontal extensions representing Shelton and the Housatonic River. Ciccone then worked with another alderman, who joined the committee and was a professional graphic artist, to produce 2 new flag designs with a fluid “S” more closely resembling a river.
After Ciccone consulted with libraries, the Shelton Historical Society, and high school civics classes so that a flag would symbolize Shelton in its entirety, the Flag Committee came up with 75 designs, many of which were based on student submissions. Four designs were presented to the Board of Aldermen in January 2025 and were subjected to a public survey in June. The flag that received 57% of the 1800 survey votes had the city seal with five sunbeams for the historical names of the Shelton; behind and below the seal were a blue “V” for the Housatonic River and the city’s industrial history, and green pastures for its agricultural history. This flag was unanimously adopted by the Board of Alderman and revealed to the city on October 5, 2025.
https://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=b11dce12-2a26-4384-8557-3b040601cc92
https://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=1bb8ed7a-be68-4dcc-912a-db55c9312932
Image of the flag provided by Joe Ciccone.
Masao Okazaki, 10 November 2025
![[City seal]](../images/u/us-ctshe).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 5 June 2019
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http://cityofshelton.org/
Paul Bassinson, 5 June 2019
