[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Brookfield 9-12-1974.
Amendments noted where appllcable.]
The symbols used in the Seal of the Town of Brookfield have the following
meanings:
A. A defiant eagle: the spirit of Brookfield's founders.
B. On the eagle's breast, a shield of courage:
(1) Showing the incorporation date of the Town, 1788.
(2) A pair of shears manufactured in the ironworks early
in Brookfield's history.
C. The eagle's wings: support the Town's indomitable
will to survive during its early days.
D. The eagle's talons: shown gripping firmly some links
of the historic chain that was made pro patria (for one's country) to stretch across
the Hudson River at West Point to keep British ships from going beyond the
highlands during the American Revolution.
E. The two stars in the border symbolize the many stars,
34, that adorned the 1861 flag that was made by Brookfield Women and flown
on Obtuse Road South all during the Civil War.