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TIL it is not difficult to get a flag that flew over the US Capitol- Workers raise about 200 to 500 flags a day on the three designated poles for about 30 seconds each to fly over 100,000 flags a year. 10,000 were flown on July 4, 1976, alone for the US Bicentennial.

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