We owned 10 Communications towers in West Texas and my husband climbed and maintained them for years. This is not your "ordinary" flagpole - due to the height, it must be lighted, which would also mean there has to be a way for a man to climb the thing to replace the lighting......
This is probably built more along the lines of a Communications Tower - and to withstand the pull of the wind on such a huge flag would require a good strong base for an anchor.
Meek, you gotta depend on a perceptive woman to destroy all this mystique!
Facts destroy a lot of fantasies!
I had never thought about it needing lights!
When I took that picture, it was still daylight so I didn't see any lights, but you couldn't get to the base of the flagpole.
The park associated with the flagpole was supposed to open in a few days, but I don't know how the base is constructed.
Doggone worrisome facts!!