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![[Flag of Jamestown, Rhode Island]](../images/u/us-rijam.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 31 October 2023
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The flag consists of a variant of the Coat of Arms, a banner above with the
word "JAMESTOWN" in all caps, and letters 'R' and 'I' on the bottom of each side
of the Coat of Arms respectively. The Coat of Arms consists of a white sheep
along with "1678" -- the year the town was incorporated -- just below it.
According to the Jamestown Historical Society, "Sheep played a large part in
the early days of the island of Conanicut. As early as 1637, when the
Narragansett granted the right to the grasses of the island to the Newport
settlers, sheep were grazed on the island. Sheep and wool remained important
island products through the 19th century."
Ethan Dubrow, 30 October
2023
![[Flag of Middletown, Rhode Island]](../images/u/us-rijam).gif)
image located by Ethan Dubrow, 30 October
2023
https://jamestownhistoricalsociety.org/2021/06/09/from-the-collection-sheep-a-jamestown-symbol/
