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Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 ½ feet wide

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject: Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 ½ feet wide Reply with quote
https://www.acuity.com/frontpagenews.nsf/news/flagraising.htm

The steel pole is 338 feet high - more than the length of a football field.

The length of the flag could be stretched across the width of a football field.

The base of the pole is 6 feet in diameter.

The flagpole weighs 65 tons - without the flag!

The pole is sunk into a 550-ton block of concrete that is 40 feet deep and 8 feet wide, and is reinforced with countless steel rods.

The flag is 120 feet by 60 feet, or 7200 square feet and weighs 300 pounds. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 ½ feet wide.

Please send me a PM if you will be there tommorow.
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