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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1981
Page
9
The world’s largest flag spans two acres two football fields, 210 feet tall and 411 feet wide with 13 foot stars and 16 foot stripes. Eight seamstresses worked six weeks sewing it, weighing seven tons and requiring a crane to unload. Verrazano Narrows Bridge is the proposed site, with funds sought for rigging storage, aiming to surpass a torn 1976 Bicentennial flag.
A short patriotic recap notes Flag Day on June 14 and celebrates the nation's birthday on July 4 with a simple flag facts salute. The piece emphasizes daily flag facts as a patriotic practice for readers.
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