Video: Giant flag ‘The Major’ to be retired after storm damage

A group of about 50 volunteers hiked up the Coldwater Canyon trail Thursday night to retrieve the giant American flag that was flying there, after it was damaged in a storm early Tuesday. The flag started flying in honor of Brent Taylor, who was North Ogden’s mayor when he was killed while serving in Afghanistan with the National Guard, back in 2018. The Major weighs about 400 pounds while dry, and spans 78 feet by 150 feet.

“Probably about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. is when we started to realize that that tear wasn’t going to stop,” Taylor’s widow, Jennie Taylor said. “We were jeopardizing the integrity of the flag if we left it long.”

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