The colors flew this morning until winds made it necessary to take down the flag for safety reasons.
MACKINAW CITY, MI – For the first time ever, workers hung a giant American flag from the Mackinac Bridge this morning as a way to mark Memorial Day.
The stars-and-stripes display created a bit of a sensation on social media, with travelers posting pictures of the flag as they drove toward its position on the bridge’s south tower.
But the fun was short-lived. Winds picked up across the Straits of Mackinac, where the bridge spans the five miles between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. The flag had to be taken down around 11 a.m. Monday, according to a bridge worker who asked not to be named.
She said staff was worried high winds might tear the flag, or cause it to come down on someone’s vehicle.
But workers said they were glad to hear the buzz surrounding their choice to fly the colors, and said they were surprised to get so many people tweeting pictures of the flag to them this morning.
