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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.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One controversy this year centered around the flagpoles at Boise City Hall.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Then came the flagpoles, both massive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Palm Beach restricts flagpoles to no higher than 42 feet and flags that are a maximum of four feet by six feet.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One controversy this year centered around the flagpoles at Boise City Hall.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Then came the flagpoles, both massive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Palm Beach restricts flagpoles to no higher than 42 feet and flags that are a maximum of four feet by six feet.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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