2012
George Washington Bridge- World’s Largest Free-Flying US Flag Displayed on Flag Day
On George Washington Bridge the World’s Largest Free-Flying US Flag was Displayed for Flag. The people crossing the Hudson River on George Washington Bridge in New York last Thursday, Flag Day, were the audience of a unique national treasure. The world’s largest free-flying US flag was suspended from the upper reaches of the bridges New Jersey tower. Port Authority workers unfurled the 60-by-90 foot and 450-pound nylon American flag before 7 a.m. Setting up Old Glory was no easy task for the bridge employees. “To hang that flag takes hours but it reflects the pride of the people who work on the bridge. On Flag Day, on July 4, people are going to put flags out in their front yards. The Port Authority is going to do the same in our front yard, on the bridge that is most identified with New York and New Jersey,” said Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The tradition of hanging up the flag over the George Washington Bridge dates back 65 years. Stats and facts about the world’s largest free flying American flag: — The Port Authority cycles through flags once every few years, … 
