Community Chat

[Oznell]

How's that for a mouthful?  There's a new porposed flag project to honor all 24 million veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present day-- it's called "Flagpole of Freedom".

It will be a massive remembrance park in Columbia Falls in the state of Maine, with a flagpole taller than the Empire State Building, and a flag the size of 1 and 1/2 football fields-- the largest ever U.S. flag, WBZ radio reports.

The park will have 6 different museums, flagpole observation decks,  55 remembrance walls inscribed with every deceased veteran in the U.S.

The monument will contain a 4,000 seat venue, and will cover 2500 acres of land in Columbia Falls, Maine, which is about an hour from Bar Harbor. 

These drawings of the proposal are neat!  This globe with observation decks is the top of the flagpole.

Washington County was chosen as it has been losing population and faltering economically.  Flagpole of Freedom is expected to provide 8000 year round jobs, and generate 27 million annually in tax revenue, WBZ reports.  The first phase will cost one billion dollars, and will be privately funded.

I love this additional way of honoring veterans, and providing such a unifying and educational spot for families, citizens, and history lovers from across the world.  Go, Flagpole of Freedom!  Proposed opening would be 2026, to coincide with the nation's 250th anniversary.  

[chiclets]

Is this the one that is being sponsored by donations made from sales of the product Balance by Nature?

[Oznell]

I don't know, @chiclets --  the news reports mentioned private donations, which I imagine are from a variety of sources, including individual donors.

[beach-mom]

@Oznell - Thank you for sharing this! I'm so glad to learn about it. We fly the flag every day.  

[Kachina624]

Sounds like a great idea but it ought to be more centrally located so more people could visit.  Most will never make it that far North.

[Cakers3]

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@chiclets wrote:

Is this the one that is being sponsored by donations made from sales of the product Balance by Nature?

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@chiclets  @Oznell  Balance of Nature provided a parade and transportation for "Big Betsy"- our flag measuring 150' long and weighing 500 lbs.  I believe it was a parade in Utah last year.

[ValuSkr]

Very interesting!  Will people travel to the observation deck / globe by tram or is there an elevator inside the flagpole?  I imagine the structure, while free-standing, would be secured by guy wires.

[cimeranrose]

Thanks for sharing this interesting information @Oznell! I thinks it's a great idea and I would love to visit it someday. I've only been to Maine once and that was many years ago.

[chiclets]

@Oznell 

@Cakers3 

World record holder Tom Jones is running over 1900 miles from Alabama to Utah to help build the American Village West. Every Patriot Pack sold of Balance of Nature will help fund the campus at Freedom Summit.

This is not project Oznell shared but is the one I was referring to.

I thank you both for your replies. 

[candys mine]

I Love the idea of it.  I would love to see the museums and remembrance walls. Also a place dedicated to surviving Vets and all the benefits and organizations available to them.

I also Really want be in that flagpole observatory during a thunder storm!