Explore the forgotten world of steeplejacks through the life of Boyd Hobbs, a man who spent decades painting flagpoles and steeples, and whose unique vocation has nearly vanished from modern ...

The huge tricolour flag fell instantly from the 405-ft tall pole, one of the tallest flagpoles in the country ... have fallen to the ground after the rope connecting it snapped.

prosecutors’ charging documents alleged the Citrus Heights man grabbed a rioter’s flagpole and used it to assault a Capitol officer before giving the makeshift weapon to another rioter.

While I was there, one enthusiastic visitor climbed over the rope to sit with him ... of jeans used in place of an American flag on the flagpole next to the astronaut. Visitor Seth Stovell ...

Oct. 29: At 3:22 p.m., officers responded to a report of fraud. A Hutchinson man reported he was scammed out of $9,997 by someone ...

A 3.5-HP motor powers the flag-hoisting mechanism, utilising a polymer-coated high-tensile steel rope engineered for this purpose. The current tallest flagpole in India, measuring 418ft ...

Recently, Schoonmaker expanded his efforts to include repair of the flagpole near the veterans’ section of Cavalry Cemetery. Repairs included a new pulley system, rope and flag.

There have even been anecdotes of veterans committing suicide in the parking lot of the VA because they have come to the end of their rope and see no hope for ... some proposals for changes in the ...