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A House renovated: Automated flagpole to sit atop Springfield site where Lincoln delivered historic anti-slavery speech

Por: Chicago Sun Times Politics November 25, 2022

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SPRINGFIELD — People walking through downtown Springfield earlier this week might have looked up to an unusual sight — a helicopter hovering over the Old State Capitol, dropping a rope and lifting away the flagpole that sat atop the bronze-colored dome. The operation took fewer than 15 minutes on Monday and was part of an ongoing renovation project that has kept the historic building shrouded behind scaffolding for about two years. “We... + full article



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