Your Fee Dollars at Work: Flags Will Fly High Over the Home of Two US Presidents

Money collected from entrance fees in parks goes right back into improving your experience in little or big ways. Learn more about Your Fee Dollars at Work at national parks across the country and other projects made possible at Adams National Historical Park. Adams is using entrance fee revenue to repair the park's flagpole, one of the first things you see when arriving at the historic home of two US presidents.

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PMIS 242017 $12,282

Description

This project will make necessary repairs to the pulleys, replace the halyards, and apply a white epoxy coating to the two flag poles. The 60’ flagpole on the Main Lawn adjacent to the Old House and the 30’ Birthplace flagpole.

Justifications

The Adams Estate is the home of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and four generations of the Adams Family. Visitors arrive to the Birthplace and Peace field sites via park trolley, as they walk the paths to enter the Old House and Birthplaces for their guided tour, they cannot help but observe the deteriorating flagpoles. The park is continuing to work to provide an enhanced, immersive experience to benefit the visitor’s tour experience, and maintaining the park’s assets in good condition is critical. On average 22,000-27,000 guided tours are conducted annually totaling 180,000+ visitors per year.

The flagpole finish has deteriorated due to weathering. This project will allow the park to protect and preserve the park’s assets. If the flagpoles are not repaired, it will continue to be an eyesore for the visitors and community.

This project will improve visitor satisfaction of the park’s overall 180,000+ visitors. This project would increase visitor satisfaction in the way the National Park Service is maintaining the country’s heritage.