Finding more days to fly your American flag
19 days to fly your flag; and an additional 46 days if you are really adventurous
Fun with flags
What is the giant flag being flown on the Eiffel Tower?
An enormous flag with odd inscriptions was raised on the Eiffel Tower today. Just as the sun was starting to rise over Paris at 5:15am, a giant flag was being hoisted up the world famous tower. At 12:41pm, the flag was unfurled, revealing an unusual mix of symbols, letters, and numbers. What could it mean? …
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Bringing back ‘Happy birthday, state!’
Sometimes you just gotta start making stuff. Last year, when it was a state’s birthday, I would give that state a happy birthday by leaving a sticky note on their flag pole. I would research state flag for that particular state, and find some sort of interesting trivia about their flag. That piece of trivia …
Idea: photoshop 50 flags onto one pole
What would a flag pole look like with 50 flags all at the same height? Outside my window fly 50 state flags in a plaza. I love looking at these flags. On a very windy day, I’m thinking about making a video of each state flag. For each flag stand I would stand directly underneath …
Sign of spring 2019: state flags return to Aon Center
With spring comes the bright colors. Flowers bloom from the dark ground, butterflies emerge from gray chrysalides. Today, the colorful state flags arise on white flagpoles at Chicago’s Aon Center. All winter long the flags were gone. My window faces this courtyard of 52 flag poles (50 state flags, plus two poles each holding an …
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Two minutes on Dominica flag from a Walgreens window
I stood in a Walgreens dish soap aisle for two minutes recording a video of the store window. Why? Because this Walgreens, in the historic Wrigley Building, features a fantastic view of 34 flags of all the South and North American countries. All the bright vibrant colorful flags waving vigorously demand shoppers attention. Although, …
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Chicago flowers, tourists, architecture, flag, architecture
When one photo is able to capture multiple stories, you have a photo that tells one million words. Read about each of the stories below this loooong vertical pano photo. Flowers Emerging from a long cold winter, Chicago’s flowers grow on sidewalk planters. Tourists Tourists milling around. A tourist was standing in the exact spot …
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Will the U.S. Capitol fly my Estonian flag?
Dick Durbin is selling American flags for a mere additional $4.05, you can have your flag flown above the U.S. Capitol. Pretty rad. However, you have to PRINT out a pdf, and MAIL it in with a CHECK. What’s a check? The asterisk on the page is pretty funny:* Requests for flags not flown over …
Tall buildings with an American flag
On the top of the 34-story Tribune Tower in Chicago flies an American flag. I don’t see any other taller buildings in Chicago sporting an American flag. Are there any buildings in the world taller than the 463-foot Tribune Tower that feature an American flag at its top?
Does Mount Prospect have a town flag?
Here’s an email I sent to Mount Prospect’s Village Hall: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Does Mount Prospect have a town flag? From: “spudart.org” Date: Tue, September 14, 2004 3:49 pm To: pio@mountprospect.org Does the great town of Mount Prospect, Illinois have an official town flag? What is a town without aflag? Surely Mount Prospect …