![]() (That’s no moon.) Robot window washers will crawl along its exterior, keeping it sparkling. The golden ball at the top will be five storeys tall and host multiple observation decks, a shining Death Star of freedom. Three elevators, the fastest made by the Otis Elevator Company, will run through the interior of the flagpole, stopping along the way at a gift shop, a theatre and a lower observation platform at 330ft. At this scale, each of its 50 stars will be twice the size of the average adult. The attached flag will be the largest ever flown, covering nearly two acres, the size of a professional football pitch. Including the 315ft hill on which it will sit, it will tower 1776ft above sea level, an homage to the year the US declared its independence and the same height as the One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. It will rise 7ft taller than the Empire State Building. According to the Worcesters, my hiking companions and the owners of this forest, it might be what saves America from itself.Īt 1461 feet (445 metres), the Flagpole of Freedom will be the tallest flagpole in the world by a factor of two. This is where a new behemoth will pierce the sky with concrete and steel. ![]() This is the wilderness, vast and lush and beautiful. Maine is a place of rocky coasts, lobsters, wild blueberries and wilderness. This is one of the most remote points in the most rural state in the union. It’s hard to imagine what it will look like up here. It’s silent save our rustling and the birds. We wander around, charting our own slow paths through the knee-high thicket. We stand on a hilltop clearing, surrounded by endless trees. It’s a gorgeous bright day and it’s noon and we all stare up at the sky, squinting through heavy curtains of sunshine.
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