Joe Carter's Flag Story: How to Build a Flagpole from a Light Pole

Before I got a phone call some time back. "I have a couple steel shafts and I want to turn them into flagpoles ." I get appro...

Impressive Custom-Made Counterbalance Flagpole

Rust, oxidation, decay. These are an infrastructure's most feared words. From the smallest to the tallest, nothing is unconditionally...

Old Counterbalance Flagpole in Lincolnwood, Illinois

One of the ways to easily look back in time, is not through the flag, but through the flagpole . This flagpole might date back three to fo...

Take A Tip From Your Local Public Library Flag

One of the best custom flags we've seen. The symbolism is dramatic and clever. The "L" for library looks like a person readi...

Lincolnwood Village incorporates memorial bunting and banners into the flagpole display

Here is an example of the changing times. Let us explain. When we took this video, about a year ago, the town of Lincolnwood, Illinois, u...

Flagpole Lighting at Lincoln Property Deervalley Apartment Complex

Today on FlagRunners we are not looking as much at the flags as we are at the practicality of the lighting . Most people want to light th...

Flags are like perennial flowers, they need changed every couple seasons

This is a really interesting situation. You are a great company with a nice, well used flagpole out front and there are a few things that...

Flags | Outside & Inside Presence at Fortune Restoration, Lincolnwood, IL

What do you think of when you hear Indoor Flags ? Maybe you think of a flag display on an indoor flagpole set ; the gold metal plated ba...

Skegness, Lincolnshire UK uses flags to show they are "Open for Business"

We say it all the time, flags show your customers, employees, and community that you are open for business. Now, the town of Skegness, L...

Flagpole at Christenson Chevrolet in Highland Indiana

It's the basics but we want to say it anyways, every flagpole needs parts . Not just any parts, but the right commercial flag pole p...

FlagRunners Stops in at a Great Flag Flying Company: Hostess Brands

You can tell by the sweat-soaked FlagDesk shirt, it was the end of a long hot run. The setting sun poured into the Hostess Brands clean w...

Ultra (Beyond) Marathoner Dean Karnazes, "Ask yourself, how far am Igoing to go today?"

 Have you considered running around the world lately?  Dean Karnazes' next feature on the running schedule menu is a global adventure. ...

Security at the Chicago Belmont Harbor Flagpoles

Many harbors across the country fly flags . A nautical flagpole is a typical flagpole you'll find at these water front areas. Nautic...

Flag Display at Abbott Labs in Palatine

Out for another run and we came across Abbott Labs in Palatine. We found a United Nations Flag flying along with the American Flag and...

5x8 ft. American Flag on a 15 ft. Wooden Flagpole

We have talked about recommended flag size in the past. This is an example of an over-sized flag on an undersized wooden flagpole. The 5...

With #BlackOps2 launch, More FlagRunners Assured

We get the calls all the time. Like the Gecko for Geico , we are confused with the Flag Runners in Call of Duty: Black Ops . As the buzz die...

A Flag for Lcpl. Sean Patrick Maher USMC Al Fallujah, Iraq, 2005 CIA

"Thank you Sean, we owe you and all our past and present veterans everything we have", say's Paul Tyska our flag flying f...

Veteran Runs Across America Honoring One Life, One Flag, One Mile.

Brent Alexander (FlagRunner) after finishing Grandma's Marathon in 2012 Veterans Day always comes around and as flag people we wond...

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Counterweights

Even a 3.5 lb counter weight falling from top of a 25 ft. internal flagpole can do significant damage to a car hood, let alone our ...

An American Flag with 51 Stars | Welcome Puerto Rico!

Puerto Rico has voted to become the 51st State of The United States of America The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has officially voted to ...

Flag of the Day: St. Joseph, MO

Head just out of St. Joseph past the flagpole with the eagle on top. You can't miss it!

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Stainless Steel Quick-Links or Connectors

When you are working with stainless steel components, you want to stick with stainless steel for your connection points as well. But why? ...

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Rotating & Stationary Internal Halyard Truck Top Systems

One day, a military man called me up and asked a peculiar flag question. "How may trucks can you find on our military base?" Befor...

Flagpole Dedication Ceremony in Montana

We saw this article today and thought we would send a brief message out. With the election behind us, we can look past the immediate deci...

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Access Doors For Internal Winch and Cam Cleat flagpoles

An access door WILL NOT: Improve the life of your flag Improve the life of your flagpole parts An access door for your internal sy...

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Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Beaded Retainer Rings & Slings for Internal Cable Systems

So what is the actual function of the Flagpol e R etainer R ing? For a quick guide on Retainer Rings, Click Here . In this episode, we ta...

Flag of the Day: Notre Dame VS. Pittsburgh

Flag of the Day: Notre Dame VS. Pittsburgh, triple over time, triple flag tailgate display!

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Internal Cable Winch or Crank Handle

While a crank handle is not expensive, a winch is. Some winches can be up to $800. The two points that take the most stress are the winch ...

Flag of the Day: Amerin Corp, St. Louis, MO

Amerin flies the American flag and custom Amerin flag on a nice external pole located not by the entrance sign, but off the corner of the bu...

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Internal Cable Flag Arrangement

Working on a 70 ft. flagpole today, we asked, "where's the arrangement?" That's when we found out it was missing. One of t...

Congressional Candidate Werder Uses Flag to Red Flag Gas Prices in 1983

This is a little interesting article FlagRunners found about a US Congressional candidate who rose to fandom through the flagpole to take so...

Flag of the Day: Even the Gov't left the flags a flying during Sandy

See when to fly and when to leave the flags inside at FlagDesk.com 5 day forecast in your neighborhood.

Wilmette Gilson Park feels the winds from Sandy

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Flag of the Day: The effects of Sandy felt around the world

With the airlines already leaning out their operations, there is no flexibility in times of natural crisis as we are in right now. Sand...

Flag of the Day: Arlington Heights M-Winch Replacement

Replacing the M-Winch on your internal cable flagpole is easy. Click Here .

Commercial Aluminum Flag & Pole Maintenance | Stainless Steel Internal Cable Assembly

Why you should be aware of your internal commercial aluminum flagpole cable assembly Beautiful Saturday morning, FlagRunners were cal...