Definition of flagpole
: a pole on which to raise a flag
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The flags have been on display in rotation at more than a dozen locations, including the flagpole outside KU’s Spooner Hall, since November.
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Every weekday morning, Mr. Labonté climbs 141 steps from the Peace Tower observation area to reach a closet-sized space just below the main flagpole.
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This isn't some phony round-the-flagpole ride, either.
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Smith then climbed the flagpole, fastened on an American flag, and reportedly waved his hat in defiance as some gunshots whizzed past him.
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He is buried in Wellington beneath a flagpole in the village's Greenwood Cemetery.
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Many figures on social media praised the protest, including Bree Newsome, the activist who climbed a flagpole in front of the South Carolina capitol building and pulled down a Confederate flag shortly after the church shooting in Charleston.
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The money also will restore the Hauser sculptures that surround the flagpole on the grounds of Greendale Middle School.
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On the flagpole behind the wall at center field at Jim Kethan Field, the American and Texas flags were at half-staff.
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First Known Use of flagpole
1854
FLAGPOLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of flagpole for English Language Learners
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: a tall pole from which a flag hangs : a pole used to display a flag
FLAGPOLE Defined for Kids
Definition of flagpole for Students
: a pole on which to raise a flag
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