Historic Flagpole

Flagpoles can be the object of historic preservation, as is the case with a 100 year old pole in Livermore, California.

A salvaged section of Livermore's historic downtown flagpole will be rededicated at a new Carnegie Park location on Friday, marking the 100th anniversary of when the pole first went up on Sept. 9, 1905.

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Although the old wooden flagpole was too structurally weak to be saved in its entirety, local history buffs are elated that two usable sections could be made into a 57-foot pole -- about half its original size -- for use in nearby Carnegie Park.