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2. List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics

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   Native American Ojibwe Taffy Abel was the first person to represent the United States at the Winter Olympics when he was chosen to carry the flag at the inaugural Games in Chamonix in 1924. Abel has been the only Native American flag bearer in the Winter or Summer Olympics. [ 2] Rafer Johnson became the first African American to serve as the ...

3. Lunar Flag Assembly - Wikipedia

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   Buzz Aldrin salutes the first American flag erected on the Moon, July 21, 1969 (photo by Neil Armstrong ). The Lunar Flag Assembly ( LFA) was a kit containing a flag of the United States designed to be erected on the Moon during the Apollo program. Six such flag assemblies were planted on the Moon. The nylon flags were hung on telescoping ...

4. Guidon (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Guidon (United States) In the United States Armed Forces, a guidon is a military standard or flag that company /battery/troop or platoon -sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but sometimes has a triangular portion ...

5. Colour guard - Wikipedia

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   Colour guard. A colour guard detachment during the opening ceremony for the North Atlantic Council and Military Committee SEA Day Exercise. In military organizations, a colour guard (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national flag. This duty is highly prestigious, and the ...

6. Flags as big as football fields: The story of giant American ...

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   The flag’s first major appearance at an NFL game came at Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. (The then-Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington, 38-9.) There, Superflag unfurled a 95-by-160-foot flag that ...

7. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   Flagpole. One of the two 60-foot-tall flagpoles in the Siena Cathedral. During the battle of Montaperti (1260), Bocca degli Abati, a Sienese spy, brought Florence's flag down, causing panic among the Florentine soldiers and ultimately their defeat. A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag.