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Mayor Eric Adams ordered all flags on all city buildings and stationary flagstaffs throughout the five boroughs to be lowered to half-staff until further notice in homage to Islam.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The eastern half of the park contains two structures erected in 1936: a statue of Civil War General Philip Sheridan, and a memorial flagstaff and plaque honoring Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, an officer with the New York Fire Zouaves during the Civil War.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
The tuba player slipped his big bell off his shoulder and the honor guard leaned on their flagstaffs.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
How to Display the American Flag Display the flag from sunrise to sunset on buildings and outdoor stationary flagstaffs.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
The blue square with the stars is referred to as 'the union' on the flag and should always be displayed at the peak of the flagstaff or on the uppermost right side if hung on a wall.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
Within a year of the treaty, the first monuments of national grief were being erected: research conducted by MoMA curator Juliet Kinchin tells us that, by the 1930s, barely any town in Hungary was without its Trianon memorial flagstaff, usually flying the national colors at half-mast.
—Kate Maltby, The New York Review of Books, 3 June 2020
On a vehicle – Attach the flag to the antenna or clamp the flagstaff to the right fender.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
When the American flag was raised from the monument to the top of a small flagstaff and the commemorative tablet exposed to view, something of the spirit of that intrepid explorer and soldier communicated itself to the spectators.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The eastern half of the park contains two structures erected in 1936: a statue of Civil War General Philip Sheridan, and a memorial flagstaff and plaque honoring Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, an officer with the New York Fire Zouaves during the Civil War.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
The tuba player slipped his big bell off his shoulder and the honor guard leaned on their flagstaffs.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
How to Display the American Flag Display the flag from sunrise to sunset on buildings and outdoor stationary flagstaffs.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
The blue square with the stars is referred to as 'the union' on the flag and should always be displayed at the peak of the flagstaff or on the uppermost right side if hung on a wall.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
Within a year of the treaty, the first monuments of national grief were being erected: research conducted by MoMA curator Juliet Kinchin tells us that, by the 1930s, barely any town in Hungary was without its Trianon memorial flagstaff, usually flying the national colors at half-mast.
—Kate Maltby, The New York Review of Books, 3 June 2020
On a vehicle – Attach the flag to the antenna or clamp the flagstaff to the right fender.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
When the American flag was raised from the monument to the top of a small flagstaff and the commemorative tablet exposed to view, something of the spirit of that intrepid explorer and soldier communicated itself to the spectators.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
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“Flagstaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagstaff. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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Flagstaff
geographical name
Flag·staff
ˈflag-ˌstaf 
city on the Coconino Plateau in north central Arizona population 65,870
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