John Lydon
Active member
I did a search and didn't find this anywhere, so forgive me if it's already been covered.
I was recently talking to an old timer at work about different traditions and he told me about the tradition of placing a match, razorblade, and bullet in the ball at the top of the flagpole on all military installations. He said this was supposed to be in case the installation was ever overtaken by a hostile force. You were supposed to use the razorblade to cut the flag into strips, use the match to burn the flag, and use the bullet to shoot yourself. There was also something about a psitol being buried so many feet from the pole but I can't remember that part.
I was recently talking to an old timer at work about different traditions and he told me about the tradition of placing a match, razorblade, and bullet in the ball at the top of the flagpole on all military installations. He said this was supposed to be in case the installation was ever overtaken by a hostile force. You were supposed to use the razorblade to cut the flag into strips, use the match to burn the flag, and use the bullet to shoot yourself. There was also something about a psitol being buried so many feet from the pole but I can't remember that part.