Elite Flags and Poles, Inc.

05/25/2026

Memorial Day is more than just a great excuse for a cookout and a day off from work. The holiday was created to honor the many American men and women who died in military service. This focus on those who made the ultimate sacrifice sets it apart from Veterans’ Day, which honors all military veterans, living and dead.

09/11/2025

We cannot believe it’s been 24 years!! The feelings of how that day unfolded still sit with us today as we are sure it does with most of us that lived through it. Today is a day of remembrance of all those lost on 9/11 and the subsequent loss of life for all of our troops fighting the evil that attacked our country.

Fly your flags at half staff today on Patriot Day and keep them lowered until Sunday 9/14 to also honor the tragic and heartbreaking assassination of Charlie Kirk. Prayers going out to his family, friends, colleagues and those inspired by him. This one hits hard! 💔

09/11/2024

23 years and the pain of this day is still there! We truly can never forget. 💔

08/14/2024

Selling my 2006 Chevy C5500 Bucket Truck with 34’ lift. $36,500. This truck has less than 80K miles. Body and interior in great condition. Runs great and well kept. Engine was just rebuilt and includes new water pump and radiator. Extensive electric work was done on the ETI lift last year. See pics for details on repairs. Located in Covington (near Hillsboro), contact me for an appt to see it. Please share and spread the word. Thanks!

07/04/2024

Celebrating 248 years of Independence! Known colloquially as the Fourth of July, it is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. 🇺🇸

05/27/2024

01/11/2024

2006 Chevy C5500 Bucket Truck with 34’ lift. $45,000. This truck has less than 80K miles. Body and interior in great condition. Runs great and well kept. Engine was just rebuilt and includes new water pump and radiator. Extensive electric work was done on the ETI lift last year. See pics for details on repairs. Located in Cypress, contact me for an appt to see it.

11/11/2023

We here at Elite Flags and Poles honor all you Veteran’s today and always. Without your sacrifices and sacrifices of your families, America would not be here today!

07/05/2023

What a great way to celebrate July 4th! God Bless America and happy 247th birthday!!

12/07/2022

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day! This image is one of the most striking I’ve ever seen. What an awful day in our US history

Below is an incredible story about the US flag from that day:

Petty Officer Sharitt Baker of Topeka was stationed on the destroyer U.S.S. Ralph Talbot at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese launched their attack, bringing the United States into the Second World War. Petty Officer Baker and another sailor were in a rowboat paddling to a buoy to which the Talbot was anchored when a Japanese plane began a strafing run. The two hid behind the buoy as the bomber fired its machine guns. They eventually freed the anchor and returned to the Talbot.

The Talbot suffered little damage, and with all seaworthy ships that day, was removed from the harbor in case the Japanese resumed the attack.

This flag was flying on the Talbot as it went to sea. It flew until February 1, 1942, when the worn colors were exchanged. At the time, Petty Officer Baker convinced the sailor replacing the flag to give it to him. Otherwise, the flag would have been destroyed. Mr. Baker kept the flag until donating it to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015.