Sunday, July 06, 2025

A Brief History of Newtown - The Newtown Flagpole

There is no more precious landmark in Newtown that its flagpole. Anyone who doubts this only has to review the furor which surrounded the recent attempt of the Department of Transportation to remove it from the intersection where it has stood for over 130 years.

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... Colonial New England had a penchant for putting large structures, such as meeting houses in the middle of their main streets. Newtown was no exception.

From the time that it was first laid out in 1709 until 1792, the Congregational meeting house stood in the middle of the Church Hill Rd, West St., Main St. intersection, where the flagpole presently stands.

In this position it dominated the village, which was fitting for the town's most important building. By being in the middle of the intersection, it was also located on town common land and therefore did not deprive one of the town's proprietors of a section of his house lot. ....


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-06 01:02 AM

The flagpole ...

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Yeah, the flagpole is smack dab in the middle of an intersection of a state highway and a local road.



But all vehicles approaching that intersection have full stop dicta.


Yeah, not the easiest intersection to maneuver, but, considering the history ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-06 01:08 AM

Meanwhile, Prague's "New Town" was was founded in 1348.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-06 10:49 AM

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