The Town of Milford Flag
Adopted at town meeting 1990
The flag of Milford was a joint effort by Lynn Knights and Marty Wilde following a meeting of the town's Bicentennial Committee. The town, looking forward to it's bicentennial set up a committee six years before the event. At a meeting of the committee, Lynn Knights proposed that a flag and logo be designed for the celebration. It was proposed that a contest for local artists and school children be established.
This was done, and after several months there were no submissions for the contest. It was decided that we proceed with a subcommittee propsal put forth by Lynn Knights and Marty Wilde. They proposed a flag consisting of a purple and gray field divided by a blue stripe.
These elements represented:
- The gray of the granite which is extensively quarried here in Milford making Milford the granite town of the granite state
- The purple was to represent our connection to New Hampshire symbols of the purple lilac and purple finch, the state floral emblem and state bird
- The blue stripe was to represent the Souhegan River which flows through Milford.
- Over the blue river was placed a mill wheel showing the "mill fording" the river. Many mills were built along the river to take advantage of the power of the falls.
- The spokes and hub were to represent the town oval where all roads lead.
- The gold bell on the flag is representative of the bell in the clock tower of the town hall, which is a Paul Revere bell and has been part of the town since 1846.