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D9427-2
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- 1940-02-22 (Creation)
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In February of 1940, the Boy Scouts of Tacoma Troop 11 purchased a 6 by 10 foot American flag to honor George Washington's Birthday. It was raised for the first time by scouts Russell Neff, Gerald Hartman and Forrest Jensen on the 22nd. A 45 feet tall cedar flagpole had been constructed the previous day near the east toll plaza of the first Narrows Bridge, which was under construction. Paul Young played the bugle at the ceremony, and Sea Scouts (l to r) Glenn Jones and Art Weber of Ship 110 and Glenn Nedervold of Ship 104 provided the color guard. (T. Times, 2/23/1940, pg. 18).
Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Flags; Boy Scouts of America, Troop 11 (Tacoma); Neff, Russell; Hartman, Gerald; Jensen, Forrest; Young, Paul; Jones, Glenn; Weber, Art; Nedervold, Glenn;