mardi 26 juillet 2016

History Of Flagpoles

By Matt Sonns


During the Middle Ages, flags were used for a variety of purposes including identification of members of nobility, guilds, cities, religious worship, and for use during battles. In battle, flags were used by military companies for identification on the field and relaying of strategic instructions.

Though not always, flags could identify individual leaders: in Europe, monarchs and knights; in Japan, the samurai; in China, the generals under the imperial army; and in Mexico, the Aztec alliances.

Originally, the standards of the Roman legions were not flags, but symbols such as the eagle of Augustus Caesar's Xth legion; this graphic of the eagle would be placed on a staff for the standard-bearer to hold up during battle. But a military unit from Dacia had for a standard a dragon with a flexible tail which would move in the wind; the legions copied this, and eventually all the legions had physically flexible standards-the modern-day flag.

Flags tend to have rich histories. The flag poles on which they fly have a history, too, which offers glimpses into changes in technology and culture. Early flag poles were simply trees selected for their relative straightness that was cut down, stripped of bark and branches, and then replanted in the ground with a flag attached at the top. More refined wooden poles were made with spruce or pine trees, which naturally grow straighter than hardwood trees. These trees were stripped of bark and branches and then thoroughly smoothed down with draw knives and planes.

Early banner shafts were just trees chose for their relative straightness that was chopped down, stripped of bark and branches, and after that replanted in the ground with a banner joined at the top. More refined wooden posts were made with spruce or pine trees, which normally become straighter than hardwood trees. These trees were stripped of bark and branches and after that completely smoothed down with draw blades and planes. Early flagpoles were secured with numerous layers of creature fat to make them weatherproof before being planted in the ground. Since the posts were planted straightforwardly in the earth, they tended to decay at the base. Still, very much built wooden posts were excellent antiques that could stay practical for upwards of 50 years.

Early flagpoles were secured with numerous layers of creature fat to make them weatherproof before being planted in the ground. Since the posts were planted straightforwardly in the earth, they tended to decay at the base. Still, very much built wooden posts were excellent antiques that could stay practical for upwards of 50 years. Today, the Flag Company Inc represented considerable authority in banner and flagpole outlines advances made an extraordinary version of flagpoles to retain the historical backdrop of flagpole generation.




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