It was a tradition growing up to raise the flag at dawn and lower it at dusk. I'm 66 so that should give you some time perspective. Flags were made of cloth and were never left up overnight or during bad weather. Flags were only raised during holidays, days of morning and when a local vet died and the passing of a vet (several killed in action in Nam were done at half mast. This was so cool when my bro and I were old enough to do this and it's still cool to me today.
I have a new flag pole as my old one went to pieces. This one is heavy duty pipe. Thicker than drill stem. A young man (hell full adult with kids now) that I coached when he was 9 years old, does this on the side. He has a back order of about 20 but when my wife told him it was for me as my Christmas gift, he dropped everything and put it up on Christmas eve. I was so humbled by this.
One pictue shows the limbs my wife and I had to cut away fom a tree that would block the full view of the flag from the street. It was important to me to have it seen. Next is the flag about to be raised and then fully raised. It was exactly at dawn when it went up. Even though flags are all weather now, when I put a new one up to replace an old one that has begun to wear, it's done at dawn. Unfortunatly it is very foggy in Coalgate this morning and the sun was fogged out at rise.
This will remain up 24/7 as it's all weather. I'll be adding the Oklahoma flag below it soon. Atop is the OU logo but he can put anything you want on top including other schools logos, stars, buffalos and much more. His steel cutter is an artist and a master at metal.
I don't think but a few houses in our small city don't have a flag pole. Those that don't have the flag on the eave's. We have a very patriotic community. I love it.
Sorry for the long post.
Pic one is the limbs wife and I had to cut. 2 is flag attached and 3 is the flag at full address. I don't think I could have planned a better picture than that of the flag waving.
I have a new flag pole as my old one went to pieces. This one is heavy duty pipe. Thicker than drill stem. A young man (hell full adult with kids now) that I coached when he was 9 years old, does this on the side. He has a back order of about 20 but when my wife told him it was for me as my Christmas gift, he dropped everything and put it up on Christmas eve. I was so humbled by this.
One pictue shows the limbs my wife and I had to cut away fom a tree that would block the full view of the flag from the street. It was important to me to have it seen. Next is the flag about to be raised and then fully raised. It was exactly at dawn when it went up. Even though flags are all weather now, when I put a new one up to replace an old one that has begun to wear, it's done at dawn. Unfortunatly it is very foggy in Coalgate this morning and the sun was fogged out at rise.
This will remain up 24/7 as it's all weather. I'll be adding the Oklahoma flag below it soon. Atop is the OU logo but he can put anything you want on top including other schools logos, stars, buffalos and much more. His steel cutter is an artist and a master at metal.
I don't think but a few houses in our small city don't have a flag pole. Those that don't have the flag on the eave's. We have a very patriotic community. I love it.
Sorry for the long post.
Pic one is the limbs wife and I had to cut. 2 is flag attached and 3 is the flag at full address. I don't think I could have planned a better picture than that of the flag waving.
