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Trump has also added gold flourishes to the Oval Office walls, installed new flagpoles on both lawns, and replaced the grass in the Rose Garden with a stone patio.
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Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
See America's tallest flagpole.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Another is Kevin Jerome Everson’s video portrait of the activist Richard Bradley, who donned a Union Army uniform to strike the Confederate banner from a San Francisco flagpole in 1984.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One controversy this year centered around the flagpoles at Boise City Hall.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
See America's tallest flagpole.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Another is Kevin Jerome Everson’s video portrait of the activist Richard Bradley, who donned a Union Army uniform to strike the Confederate banner from a San Francisco flagpole in 1984.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One controversy this year centered around the flagpoles at Boise City Hall.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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