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Quartermaster
Thomas Swords planned to place the flag staff in
the center of the parade ground. As late as 1848,
the pole had not been erected because no suitable
timbers were located in the immediate vicinity of
the fort. The flag staff was completed sometime
between 1848 and1853.
The exisiting
flag staff is reconstructed and is 65 feet tall.
John Herford purchased the original flag staff for
one dollar, along with the lightning rod and staff,
at public auction on April 16, 1855.
A bandstand
occupied the site of the flag staff from
approximately 1885 to 1945.
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