its called a truk
The ball at the top of the flag pole is probably just there for decoration. Or, it may simply be there to balance out the pole... who knows? But according to my friends, it's also to keep the flag from flying off the pole, too.
A truck
The ball on top of the flag pole is call the truck
It is called a ball and sits on top of the truck.ANS2:The ball IS the truck. The pole was topped with other shapes of trucks, including balls on plates and eagles but those have mostly been abandoned because the ball is the shape that is least likely to cause the flag to tangle.
I was informed that the top of a flag pole was called a truck. Now I learn that it is not a truck but a finial. The turck is the mechanism that connects the finial to the flag pole. IS this correct and where do these words come from.
a bullet a kernel of wheat & match
the county flag becouse there ar always three flags ona pole 1st the ountry flag thenstate flag3rd is the city flag
There is one match and one bullet inside the ball on top of the American flag poles and a pistil under the flag pole. This is so that if we Americans were ever in the position where we had to surrender our flag we can first burn it with the match and then we can use the bullet to kill ourselves so we can not be taken hostage.
An American Eagle in flight is placed on the flag post top.
The truck is the name for the round ball on top of the flagpole. It serves to keep the flag from getting caught if wind flips it over the pole. There are a number of legends about what is inside the truck- a match to burn the flag, a razor blade to cut up the flag, a pistol cartridge for the last soldier, etc. Sorry- the ball is hollow. Nothing in there.
on nsmb there is a propeller hat, right? use that to fly on top of the flag pole
It doesn't 'wave'. It's suspended from the flag pole from a piece of horizontal wire attached to the top of the flag pole at a right angle.