World's largest flying American flag is in Gastonia

World's largest flying American flag is in Gastonia . World's biggest flying American banner is in Gastonia he banner is 65 feet tall and 114 feet wide. It gauges 7,410 aggregate square feet and weighs 180 pounds, as per a Los Angeles Times article from 1999. The flagpole is 225 feet tall. Every stripe on the banner is 5 feet tall and every star measures more than 4 feet over. It was sorted out by Gastonia AMVETS Post 920. As indicated by veterans who flew out the nation over to raise cash for the 7-year extend, there are two banners that are greater in California, however nor is flown. The world's biggest free-flying American banner hangs over the George Washington Bridge. It was placed up in 2013. "It is the most critical image we have and extraordinary among every one of the images of the world," resigned Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, a Medal of Honor beneficiary and president of the Citizens Flag Alliance, said.