Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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... On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims were 20 children between six and seven years old, and 6 adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home. ...

I was over in Newtown a couple days ago. When I was there, I saw, and admired this flagpole that the great residents have fought to keep in place. Right in the middle of an intersection of a state highway ...

Newtown, Connecticut Flagpole
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... The Newtown, Connecticut Flagpole stands in the middle of the intersection of Main Street, West Street, and Church Hill Road. The pole itself is 100 ft tall and made of steel, with a seasonally rotating American flag. The summer flag is 20 ft x 30 ft, costing an average $700, and the winter flag is 18 ft x 24 ft, costing an average of $375..[1] [2] The landmark is popular with and loved by the locals of Newtown, landing itself a place on the National Register of Historic Places, status as a state-sanctioned landmark, [1] and a sandwich named in its honor at the Newtown General Store. [3]

History

From 1709-1792, the Congressional Meeting House stood in the current location of the flagpole. The Meeting House was lifted by men onto logs and rolled by men and horses 132 ft to its current location in the middle of West Street.[4] During the 19th century, patriotism and passion for the American flag were quickly growing.[5] In Newtown, the first pole was erected in 1876 at the centennial celebration, and was, by tradition, cut by Lawrence Mitchell, who brought the 70 ft original pole to Main Street by oxen.[6] ...