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The Pride flag had flown at the Stonewall National Monument since 2022 after a flagpole was installed there.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The sheriff's office said a deputy then witnessed Messer hit the woman several times in the upper chest and neck area with the metal flagpole.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
During the Biden Administration in 2022, a new federal flagpole was installed at the site and the Pride flag that has since been taken down was officially raised on it.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The National Park Service (NPS) removed the rainbow flag that sat on a flagpole inside the Stonewall National Monument near Christopher Park in New York City's Greenwich Village.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The sheriff's office said a deputy then witnessed Messer hit the woman several times in the upper chest and neck area with the metal flagpole.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
During the Biden Administration in 2022, a new federal flagpole was installed at the site and the Pride flag that has since been taken down was officially raised on it.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The National Park Service (NPS) removed the rainbow flag that sat on a flagpole inside the Stonewall National Monument near Christopher Park in New York City's Greenwich Village.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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