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![[flag of Harrington, Delaware]](../images/u/us-dehar.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 9 July 2024
based on photo
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The flag of Harrington was adopted on February 19, 2019 as seen in the
council meeting minutes. No standardization of the flag is laid out, though City
Manager Donald Williams (who can probably be considered the designer) is the
person who proposed the idea of a new city flag; this is since the city flag
supply was running low and the city had adopted its new seal and slogan recently
before that.
The flag can also be seen on Google Maps. The flag consists
of a blue field, with a white circle centered upon it. Within the circle is a
locomotive facing away from the hoist, the locomotive clearly being a symbol of
Harrington's past. Below the white circle is the town's slogan, Where Delaware
Comes Together, which is clearly a reference to the state fair which is held in
Harrington every July. It is not clear if there is text above the white circle;
if there is it most likely reads City of Harrington or something similar. This
flag is flown on flagpoles outside; a variant using the city’s seal is used
inside the city hall.
Daniel Rentería, 9 July 2024
Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
https://www.facebook.com/photo
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
This Twitter post from the state
government says the motto/slogan of Harrington is "Where Delaware Comes
Together."
https://twitter.com/delaware_gov/status/
Masao Okazaki, 9 July
2024
![[seal of Harrington, Delaware]](../images/u/us-dehar).gif)
image located by Daniel Rentería, 9 July 2024
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
The concept of a new city seal was approved on January 16, 2018 per the council meeting minutes.The idea was proposed by Mayor Anthony Moyer. However, it was not until December that the design came to fruition; the process of rolling it out took longer. An image of the seal can be seen in a city agenda packet.
Daniel Rentería, 9 July 2024
![[flag of Harrington, Delaware]](../images/u/us-dehar-o.gif)
image by Randy Young, 17 November 2016
On a recent visit to Harrington, I made a point of stopping at both City Hall and Heritage Park to take a closer look at the flags
flying there, as well as establishing E-mail correspondence with Alan Moore, the Public Works Supervisor for the City of Harrington, and
Teresa Tieman, the City Manager. Both Mr. Moore and Ms. Tieman confirmed that Harrington does have a city flag and has had one "for quite some time."
The Harrington city flag features the city seal displayed on a light blue field. The seal is in the shape of a white diamond gemstone,
reflecting Delaware's nickname as the "Diamond State." The top portion of the diamond features a black locomotive facing toward the hoist,
representing Harrington's place as a major railroad junction in central Delaware. Below the locomotive in the diamond are a gold map of the
state of Delaware, flanked by a red farm tractor toward the hoist and a black silhouette of a harness racing horse and sulky, both reflective of Harrington's history as the site of the annual Delaware State Fair and the site of Harrington Raceway, famous as a harness racing venue for the past 100 years. Behind the diamond are crossed American and Delaware flags. Arched above the seal is the word "HARRINGTON" in gold capital letters, while below the seal are the words "the hub of" and "DELAWARE" in smaller gold letters. The seal is flanked by the numbers "17" and "80" in gold, signifying the year that Harrington was founded as the town of "Clark's Corner," before changing its name to "Harrington" in 1862 to honor Samuel Harrington, chancellor of the Delaware Railroad.
source: harrington.delaware.gov/history/
Randy Young, 17 November 2016
