Great Floral Flag - Lompoc, California
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hotshoe
N 34° 38.310 W 120° 27.485
10S E 732997 N 3835894
The world's largest "flag", made from planted flower fields in WW II
Waymark Code: WM9PZM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2010
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As the Mural Society says, "In 1941, when the nation was deeply engulfed in World War II, Bodger Seed Co. of Lompoc undertook a special tribute to our troops fighting around the world. They planted 600,000 larkspur and calendula flowers in the fields to the west of the city under Lookout Point. The following Spring (1942) the more than nine acres of plants blossomed into what is believed to have been the largest flag in the world. The flag was replanted with different dimensions in 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953 and once again in 2002."
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This was a Mural-In-A-Day project, with twelve artists signing under master artist Art Mortimer. Participating artists: Sandie Jones, Anneli Bernstein, Mara Walton, Carol Oliveira, Jan Manfrina, Eiffel Nazaryan, Linda Gooch, Nita Streetman, Bill Smith, Tom Shultz, Vicki Andersen, Barbara Frith.
This mural does not have a plaque.