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On the Battle of Iwo Jima’s fifth day—February 23—Rosenthal observed two Marines attempting to place a 150-pound flagpole atop Mount Suribachi.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Troy Koen From: Brownsburg Koen pleaded guilty in November 2024 to assaulting law enforcement officers after investigators say he was seen yanking away a barricade and using a flagpole to jab toward police during the Capitol breach.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
One house featured an elaborate Halloween display: skeletons lounging in an oak tree; a skeleton scaling a flagpole as if to seize the Texas flag atop it.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Others used flagpoles as weapons and pepper and bear spray.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Troy Koen From: Brownsburg Koen pleaded guilty in November 2024 to assaulting law enforcement officers after investigators say he was seen yanking away a barricade and using a flagpole to jab toward police during the Capitol breach.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
One house featured an elaborate Halloween display: skeletons lounging in an oak tree; a skeleton scaling a flagpole as if to seize the Texas flag atop it.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Others used flagpoles as weapons and pepper and bear spray.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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