Still, Silverfine was not done with his project. Originally designed by Len Silverfine, a marketing professor at the University of Vermont, in 1976, the flag was to act as a backdrop for the Bicentennial.Ĭompleted in June 1976, the flag was hung from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City with the help of 40 ironworkers.īut the flag was quickly shredded to pieces as winds increased. “Twenty years from now, when I’m sitting in my rocking chair I’ll be able to say, ‘I saw that - I saw that flag.’ ” “It’s like history in the making,” said Carol Williams, 71, of Lower Burrell. “And the events of 9/11 hadn’t really sunk in to me at that point, so for us to have it back out, especially with so many volunteers that came out to participate today, it means a lot.”Ībout 60 volunteers, including kids, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Young Marines, gathered at Advanced Carbide Grinding in Derry Township on Saturday morning for the chance to touch a piece of history that was last seen during a September 11 tribute.Īt 10 a.m., people got a glimpse of the flag as it was slowly lifted by crane and laid down on tarps.īy 12:30 p.m., volunteers, many dressed in red, white and blue, had the flag spread across a field behind the facility, clapping at their accomplishment. “My memory of it is I remember it being there, but it was tough for me to really grasp how large, how meaningful it was,” Dorfman said. Josh Dorfman was 8 years old the last time he saw the world’s largest American flag - weighing in at 7 tons and spanning 400 feet.īut on Saturday, Dorfman, now 26, saw the flag again after it had been in storage for 18 years.
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