Flagpole is lifted into place

<< Back to archives | Friday, March 21, 2008

This morning, the huge Ness crane lifted our flagpole off of Finnegan’s Way and carefully set it into its concrete pad in front of the Fairhaven Library.  Ram Construction managed the entire procedure today, starting at 9 am and finishing about 2 pm - and did all the work as a community project.  Mike Hammes, the owner of Ram Construction, donated the time of his men and machines - and covered the costs of the other contractors - such as the crane, concrete and and special Genie lift.

But Mike Hammes told us that most of his workers declined their wages for this work, donating their time.  And some of the other contractors also decided to donate.  When we have the complete list of donors the information will be posted permanently on a special Flag page.  And many more photos will be posted over the next few days.

Join us in Fairhaven on Monday noon - at 12 sharp - for our ceremony of raising the first flag on our new flagpole.  Speechs will be short and we expect the flag to be hoisted by the veterans at about 12:20 pm.  Mayor Dan Pike will deliver the main speech.