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Many of these businesses are located near highways, and they used the big flags to attract trade more than anything else, Connors explained.
Nothing, however, matches America’s largest flag—a star-spangled extravaganza more than 21 stories high and weighing 7 tons. The big banner wo'ild have kept Betsy Ross busy for a lifetime. Each of the stars on the two-acre flag measures 13 feet across and the stripes are 16 feet high and 411 feet long.
After visiting several cities, the flag will end up at its permanent location on the
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