The number of feet tall that a proposed flagpole would stand in Columbia Falls, Maine, under a project called Flagpole of Freedom Park. The flagpole would be the tallest ever, reaching higher than the Empire State Building, and would hoist an American flag larger than a football field. The $1 billion project has split the local community, with some advocating the park would be a way to unite people and remind them of shared values, while others maintain concerns about the local impact such a massive undertaking would bring and how it would potentially alter the rural community negatively.
