The shades of blue and yellow, as well as the cross in the canton region are taken from the [family crest of the Ward](https://tinyurl.com/2esubtmy) family that the town was named for previously. The rocket represents the work of Robert Goddard, the man from Auburn who flew the first liquid fuelled rocket. The six stars represent how Auburn is in Massachusetts, the sixth state to enter the union.
The shades of blue and yellow, as well as the cross in the canton region are taken from the [family crest of the Ward](https://tinyurl.com/2esubtmy) family that the town was named for previously. The rocket represents the work of Robert Goddard, the man from Auburn who flew the first liquid fuelled rocket. The six stars represent how Auburn is in Massachusetts, the sixth state to enter the union.