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image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 November 2005
based on an image located at http://www.flagguys.com/4x6.html by Valentin Poposki, 8 October 2005
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It is a dark yellow flag with a seal-like emblem centered on it; this is
shown in white with blue lining and consists of a double-rimmed ring with the
inscription "Town of Hempstead, N.Y." from "7 to 5 o'clock" in large serif
capitals and "founded 1644" in small sans-serif capitals on the remaining space;
on the central area of the shield, the national coat of arms of the United
States (isn't this a misuse?) with a squarish scroll reading "Nassau County" as
its crest.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 November 2005
A news story at http://www.antonnews.com/illustratednews/2005/04/15/news/installation.html confirms that the Town of Hempstead flag is yellow:
"Lofaro added, 'You know as I walked into the hall tonight I noticed all the flags in the front here and how they related to all that Trustee Barbieri and has done for us. The green flag is from Town of North Hempstead and Donald got $250,000 from them; the orange flag is the County of Nassau and he got $100,000 and secured nearly a million dollars in block grants from them; the United States flag at the end represents the federal government and Donald received $2 million from them. The yellow flag is the flag of the Town of Hempstead and Donald, you have four more years to work on them."The Village of Hempstead is within the Town of Hempstead (see below).
image located by Valentin Poposki, 11 November 2005
Source: http://www.fpvillage.org/history/history.htm
The Village of Floral Park in New York has a population of 15,967 and a land
area of 1.37 sq. miles. It is part of the Town of Hempstead and the
Town of
North Hempstead in Nassau County. The flag is
dark blue with a seal showing three flowers. Above is written the name of the
village, and below are three stylized flowers and the date 1908.
Valentin Poposki, 11 November 2005
image located by Ned Smith, 27 February 2005
Source: http://mywebsite.register.com/db1/00022/goreechallenge.com/_uimages/SAAI1077.jpg
I found the above image of the flag of the Village of Hempstead while
browsing the web. It is a light blue field with the village seal in the middle.
How it came to be in Nelson Mandela's hands I cannot say for sure- I cannot find
any accompanying text to go with it. But it was part of
a website of an HIV activist who
separately mentions visiting Hempstead and meeting the mayor and visiting with
Mandela, so there is probably some sort of logical explanation. The flag has a
field of light blue and bears a light blue & white rendition of the village seal
in the center. A differently colored version of the seal can be seen at
http://www.villageofhempstead.org/.
Note that the Village of Hempstead is not to be confused with the Town of
Hempstead nor the Town of North Hempstead, both in
Nassau County, NY. The village is a subunit within the Town of Hempstead (it is
quite common- and a bit confusing- in New York State for a village to share an
identical name with the larger town within which it lies.)
Ned Smith, 27 February 2005
located by Valentin Poposki, 17 February 2006
Source: http://www.hofstra.edu/Administration/Provost/Pro_Gonfalons.cfm
The flag of Hofstra University in the State of New York and gonfalons of
University's Colleges and Schools are presented here:
http://www.hofstra.edu/Administration/Provost/Pro_Gonfalons.cfm. According
to the site: "The Hofstra flag, bearing the seal of the University, was
presented to Hofstra on April 19, 1940, by Dr. Alexander Loudon, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, in the name of Her Majesty,
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands. The seal is derived from the coat of arms
of the House of Orange-Nassau."
Beside that, each of gonfalons is clickable and opens in new window with bigger
picture, description and explanation.
Valentin Poposki, 17 February 2006