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A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.
When displayed from a single flagpole, the POW/MIA flag should fly directly below, and be no larger than, the U.S. flag. For federal agencies under a chain of command the U.S. Flag Code has a complete order of precedence that mirrors Army Regulations 840-10, paragraph 2-2 c .
Flag poles became a focus of protest when Governor Hobson refused to allow the United Tribes flag to be flown alongside the British Union flag. [8] On 21 May 1840 Governor Hobson formally annexed New Zealand to the British Crown, and the following year he moved the capital from Russell to Auckland, some 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Waitangi.
A "ball-style" finial is often mounted to the top of a stationary flagpole. [14] The United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard employ a variety of different finials depending on the flag in question, the Marines and Coast Guard deferring to the Navy's protocols.
Flagpole Image Location Country Flag (If different from national flag) Height meters (feet) Completed Type Coordinates 1 Cairo Flagpole: New Administrative Capital, Cairo Egypt: 201.952 m (662.57 ft) [1] 26 December 2021 Free–standing
National Flag Square; Newtown, Connecticut Flagpole; P. ... Texas Armed Forces Memorial Flagpole This page was last edited on 9 November 2013, at 21:01 (UTC). ...