My sweet husband knows how much I love quick little obscure spots, like this one. We had a few hours to spend in Long Beach and nothing planned, so we stopped here after finding the LB Ferris Wheel closed. A pole by itself is not quite as exciting as a big spinning wheel attached to a pole; but it would have to do.
I have to say it was really disappointing to learn that the flag no longer flies. We missed this attraction by a couple of years and wondered where the world's largest flag flies now?
Thomas "Ski" Demski owned this superflag and it flew in front of his home. Neighbors in the 1980s sued to have the flag removed due to the amount of noise it created when it blew in the wind. And I imagine it would have been a long of noise, given it's size. It weighed in at 3,000 pounds with each star 17 feet high. The 132 foot flag pole remains in Long Beach, sitting flagless. And this superflag is no longer the world's largest. But it was still pretty neat to visit the tall structure and the statue of Demski
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