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the story of a flag. >> this is the hands on history of our flag. >> and i've been given honor of raising that big flag. >> and it will come to you, trust me. >> but first we have to put the little one away. >> that is 17 by 25 feet. now the huge one is 30 by 42 feet. >> that is a big flag. >> so with the small flag packed away, it is time to go big. >> this is a big flag. >> changing the flag, you know somebody has to do it. >> got to be done, vince. >> both sides want to back away and unroll. >> backing away. steady. okay. >> the commander of the fort, major george armistad, said it s my intention to have a flag so large the british would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance. >> okay, now that we have the flag open, let's go ahead and we want to turn the flag around clockwise.