[blu]

Re: the flag last night......(I hear the overuse of periods triggers some, happy triggering!)

When the camera pulled back and did wide shots, I noticed how the flag pole not only displayed our flag, but also, below it, a cross. Now, I’m not so alt/right as to think that was a purposeful “God rules this” statement, but I did find it interesting. Before I let myself go down any rabbit holes, I used this incredible thing called my brain. Called up the “when I was the daugheter of a “Pilot of the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico’s dad” file.

It’s called a nautical flagpole, the cross section is to display the different flags that ships and boats use to communicate with each other without the luxury of a radio. Also used to comm from land to all the ships at sea, or those that can see it.

But, I prefer the “God’s got this” interpretation better.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: I’m not so alt/right as to think ::

Remember when “alt-rt” meant a WWIII war monger?
Thanks, President Trump!

[bigbob]

Very interesting! I read that the current flagpole has been in place since 2009 and is made of douglas fir. Back in the day, if you wanted a flagpole you went to the places that made masts for ships, some of which were in Baltimore.

As a landlubber I might have known that “cross” was called a “yardarm”, but only from movies ;-) There’s a whole etiquette about how signal and other flags are flown from the yardarm. And I came across another question that appears to have a simple answer but an intriguing folklore: “What’s in the ball on top of a flagpole?”

https://www.usflagcompany.com/2017/06/whats-really-inside-flagpole-ball/

[LonePalm]

It’s called a nautical flagpole, the cross section is to display the different flags that ships and boats use to communicate with each other without the luxury of a radio. Also used to comm from land to all the ships at sea, or those that can see it.

I wish to politely differ. There are flag staffs and masts. A flag staff is a single pole. A mast has a yardarm for the display of signal flags. If the mast has a gaff the national ensign is displayed there. Otherwise it is flown at the truck (the top of the mast).

In case you were wondering what the flags say, reading down the hoists and right to left they spell out "NAVY ME MO RIAL". This is appropriate since the mast is at the US Navy Memorial in Washington, DC.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Bigg Red]

::But, I prefer the “God’s got this” interpretation better.::

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