Blade Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 My dad and I are puting up a flag pole in our lawn. There is going to be the United states flag. Then the gadston flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Very good son, I can see you are VERY proud.. yes we are putting a flagpole up.. hole dug, pipe set, concrete poured yesterday, and just waiting for it to cure enough.. We purchased a 25' fiberlgass pole with internal halyard, a 4X6 American flag and a 3X5 Gadsden flag... should be flying proudly in a couple of days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Outstanding! Need to post pics once the project is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 That's cool! I want to do that someday. BTW--what's a Gadsden flag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Sounds great guys, be sure to post some pics when you get them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 The origins of the Gadsden flag, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps The seal from a 1778 $20 bill from Georgia. The financial backing for these bills was property seized from loyalists. The motto reads "Nemo me impune lacesset," i.e. "No one will provoke me with impunity." By 1775, the snake symbol wasn't just being printed in newspapers. It was appearing all over the colonies: on uniform buttons, on paper money, and of course, on banners and flags. The snake symbol morphed quite a bit during its rapid, widespread adoption. It wasn't cut up into pieces anymore. And it was usually shown as an American timber rattlesnake, not a generic serpent. We don't know for certain where, when, or by whom the familiar coiled rattlesnake was first used with the warning "Don't Tread on Me." We do know when it first entered the history books. In the fall of 1775, the British were occupying Boston and the young Continental Army was holed up in Cambridge, woefully short on arms and ammunition. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, Washington's troops had been so low on gunpowder that they were ordered "not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes." In October, a merchant ship called The Black Prince returned to Philadelphia from a voyage to England. On board were private letters to the Second Continental Congress that informed them that the British government was sending two ships to America loaded with arms and gunpowder for the British troops. Congress decided that General Washington needed those arms more than the British. A plan was hatched to capture the cargo ships. They authorized the creation of a Continental Navy, starting with four ships. The frigate that carried the information from England, the Black Prince, was one of the four. It was purchased, converted to a man-of-war, and renamed the Alfred. To accompany the Navy on their first mission, Congress also authorized the mustering of five companies of Marines. The Alfred and its sailors and marines went on to achieve some of the most notable victories of the American Revolution. But that's not the story we're interested in here. What's particularly interesting for us is that some of the Marines that enlisted that month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ohiobucks Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Very cool Blade, we have one at our house as well! That's cool! I want to do that someday. I seem to remember my step-dad making someone a flag pole - at their request - and then they turned it down when it was finished because they were moving next door....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Cool the flag pole is going to be up by the end of this week. The flag pole is around 25 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartonman Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 God Bless America.....great post Blade, now if the flag is staying out at night, you must have a light on it....get dad to install a nice spotlight on it..........al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 That is a cool idea. My dad bought a flag pole with the string put in the flag pole by a lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 God Bless America.....great post Blade, now if the flag is staying out at night, you must have a light on it....get dad to install a nice spotlight on it..........al Dad's wife works at an electrical supply store, and light is already ordered and electrician on standby... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Man thats gonna be a long pole but when you look at it it wont look that tall because of stickin it in the ground and everything. I bet it will look nice wen its done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Man thats gonna be a long pole but when you look at it it wont look that tall because of stickin it in the ground and everything. I bet it will look nice wen its done. We have a large 2 story home that sits back from the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I seem to remember my step-dad making someone a flag pole - at their request - and then they turned it down when it was finished because they were moving next door....... I think you have selective hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I think you have selective hearing. Much like someones selective spending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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