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NPS Form 10-900
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register
Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being
documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only
categories and subcategories from the instructions.
1. Name of Property
Historic name: Sogelau Hill Flag Pole____________________________
Other names/site number: NA/AS-25-067 _________________________
Name of related multiple property listing:
_N/A ______________________________________________________
(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing
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2. Location
Street & number: 163 ft. w. of Post Office, up path, before 4th house, flag & clearing to w.
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City or town: _Fagatogo_________ State: _AS__________ County: Tutuila Is., E., 001
Not For Publication: Vicinity:
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3. State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,
I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets
the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic
Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
In my opinion, the property _X_ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I
recommend that this property be considered significant at the following
level(s) of significance:
___national _X_statewide _X_local
Applicable National Register Criteria:
_X_A ___B ___C ___D
Signature of certifying official/Title: Date
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State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government
In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.
Signature of commenting official: Date
Title : State or Federal agency/bureau
or Tribal Government
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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4. National Park Service Certification
I hereby certify that this property is:
entered in the National Register
determined eligible for the National Register
determined not eligible for the National Register
removed from the National Register
other (explain:) _____________________
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Signature of the Keeper Date of Action
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5. Classification
Ownership of Property
(Check as many boxes as apply.)
Private:
Public – Local
Public – State
Public – Federal
Category of Property
(Check only one box.)
Building(s)
District
Site
Structure
Object
X
X
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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Number of Resources within Property
(Do not include previously listed resources in the count)
Contributing Noncontributing
_____________ _____________ buildings
______1______ _____________ sites
_____________ _____________ structures
______2______ _____________ objects
______3______ ______0______ Total
Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0____
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6. Function or Use
Historic Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.)
LANDSCAPE/flag pole
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Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.)
LANDSCAPE/flag pole
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Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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7. Description
Architectural Classification
(Enter categories from instructions.)
EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN
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Materials: (enter categories from instructions.)
Principal exterior materials of the property: __METAL/Iron
Narrative Description
(Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe
contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that
briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style,
method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has
historic integrity.)
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Summary Paragraph
Sogelau Hill Flag Pole is a flat terrace on the side of a hill measuring approximately 10.2 m. in
length, 6.7 m. in width, oriented along an axis of 248 degrees magnetic. The property is located
on a hill in Fagatogo, in Mauputasi County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. The area is filled
with lush grass partially shaded by the hill and trees tended by an extended Samoan family that
owns the area. In the center of the terrace is a flag pole where the first formal raising of the flag
of the United States occurred, on April 17, 1900, symbolizing American Samoa’s deed of
cession to the United States.
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Narrative Description
After the Dutch navigator, Admiral Jacob Roggeveen, was the first European to sight the future
islands of American Samoa in 1722, European visits to Manu’a and Tutuila ensued by French
explorers, Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768 and Count Jean Francois de Galaup Le
Perouse in 1787, and the British Captain Edwards in 1971. Thereafter, palagi or European
persons residing in Samoa or the “Navigator Islands” comprised an assortment of mostly ex-
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convicts, deserters, mutineers, and cult leaders before international recognition of the Samoa
Islands began in the nineteenth century.
Christian missionary efforts in the Samoan Archipelago began with the arrival of the Marquesan
Reverend Hura, who survived a shipwreck and swam to Fitiuta on Ta’u Island and converted the
Tuimanu’a. Around the same time a U.S. citizen named Norval, who the Samoans called
“Salemi” landed on Tutuila and translated the English Book of Prayer into Samoan. Formal
Christian missions in Samoa began with Peter Turner, a Methodist missionary, in 1828, and
Reverend John Williams of the London Missionary Society, who landed on August 24, 1830, at
Sapapali’i, Savai’i, now part of Western Samoa. In 1832, Reverend Williams visited the growing
church membership in Fitiuta and all other congregations in Manu’a.
During the next sixty years, three international powers: Germany, Britain, and the United States
vied for control of the Samoan islands. The United States was interested in providing coaling
stations and deep-water ports for its expanding Navy and commercial vessels. In 1839,
Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN, commanding the United States Exploring Expedition, arrived
in Pago Pago harbor in Tutuila aboard USS Vincennes, and reported on the excellence of the
harbor as a suitable deep-water and protected port for American vessels. In 1872, Commander
Richard Meade, USN, arrived in Pago Pago aboard USS Narragansett, seeking rights for a
coaling station. On March 2 of that year, Meade and Paramount Chief Mauga Manuma signed
the first American-Samoan treaty at Gagamoe, at the western end of Pago Pago Harbor. The U.S.
Congress, however, failed to ratify this treaty and clashes then occurred between American
landing forces and Samoans.
England and Germany were also interested in acquiring rights in Samoa. Tensions grew among
these nations but abated after the Apia Hurricane of 1889 destroyed several American, German,
and English warships in Apia Harbor, now in Western Samoa, and the citizens from each country
questioned why naval vessels were so prominent at this remote locale. On November 14, 1899,
Freiherr Speck von Sternberg from Germany, Mr. C.E.N. Elliott from Britain, and the Honorable
Bartlett Trip representing the United States held a negotiation aboard the U.S.S. Badger and
signed an agreement later referred to as the Berlin Agreement or Treaty of Berlin. The
agreement, ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1900, recognized Germany’s control of ‘Upolu, Savai’i
and adjacent islands, American hegemony in Tutuila, Aunu’u, and Manu’a, and Britain’s
suzerainty in the Solomon Islands and influence over Tonga. After the Senate’s ratification,
Tutuila, Aunu’u, and Manu’a became a U.S. Territory.
On April 17, 1900, the principal chiefs of Tutuila signed the Deed of Cession, which recognized
American control over their island. This signing of the Deed of Cession, which transferred
authority of the American Samoa to the United States occurred at the Sogelau Hill Flag Pole, the
property in this nomination.
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8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register
listing.)
A. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the
broad patterns of our history.
B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of
construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values,
or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or
history.
Criteria Considerations
(Mark “x” in all the boxes that apply.)
A. Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes
B. Removed from its original location
C. A birthplace or grave
D. A cemetery
E. A reconstructed building, object, or structure
F. A commemorative property
G. Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years
X
X
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Name of Property County and State
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Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions.)
POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
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Period of Significance
_1900 - 2017________
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Significant Dates
_APRIL 17, 1900_____
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Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.)
_N/A_______________
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Cultural Affiliation
_N/A_______________
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Architect/Builder
_N/A_______________
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Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes
level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any
applicable criteria considerations.)
Sogelau Hill Flag Pole meets criterion “A” of the National Register because Sogelau is a place
associated with a ceremony and event important to the establishment of the government and
community of American Samoa. For over 110 years, Sogelau Hill is renowned as the site for the
first formal raising of the U.S. flag in American Samoa following its Deed of Cession to the
United States. The family owning Sogelau Hill continues to maintain the property and
encourages annual visitation of Samoans and visitors to the site, the locale of a significant event:
the first Flag Day of American Samoa. Each year, the inhabitants of Tutuila and tourists ascend
the concrete steps and pathway to Sogelau Hill and are treated to a spectacular view of the harbor
at Pago Pago, from the well-maintained grassy area surrounding the flag pole. The site exhibits
the iron pieces that anchored the first flag pole of American Samoa in 1900. The beauty of the
views at and from Sogelau Hill causes feelings of civic pride and spectacle associated with the
Sogelau locale. These outlooks combine with the largely intact conservation of the terrace that
has been visited for more than a century and yet retains its continual association with the day that
established American Samoa, its government, and its association with the United States.
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Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of
significance.)
A flagpole was erected on Sogelau Hill, above new construction for a wharf and coaling
facilities. Attending the ceremony was the governor of German Samoa, Heinrich Solf, who
arrived on the SMS Cormoran. The first governor of American Samoa, Benjamin F. Tilley,
presided over the flag raising as the master of ceremonies. Tilley was residing on board the USS
Abarenda, utilizing the vessel as a domestic dwelling and center for the new American Samoa
government. The vessel remained in the harbor of Pago Pago.
A crowd of U.S., European, and Samoans climbed Sogelau Hill and attended the ceremony.
Tilley first read the Proclamation of the President McKinley and then the Order of the Secretary
of the Navy that established the Naval Station in Tutuila. High ranking Samoan chiefs then read
the Deed of Cession culminating with Chief Mulitauaopele, a High Orator, signing the deed to
formally establish the agreement. Subsequently, Reverend Father Meinaidier of the Roman
Catholic Mission and Reverend E. V. Cooper of the London Missionary Society offered prayers.
Governor Tilley subsequently declared, “Tutuila and all east of the 171st parallel of longitude, to
be under the sovereignty of the United States, and I hoist this flag as a sign that these islands now
form part of the territory of the United States” (Sunia 2009:146). Then students from the
Fagalele Boys School, of the London Missionary Society, sang the Star Spangled Banner. When
the U.S. national anthem ended, the SMS Cormoran and USS Abarenda fired their naval guns to
provide a salutation of the event. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the crowd mostly dressed in
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Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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white descended the hill and walked to the malae, the central area of Fagatogo for a celebratory
feast.
Several years later, the flag pole was disassembled and removed from Sogelau Hill. In the 1920s,
contractors excavated the side of Sogelau Hill to acquire fill for wharf construction.
In 1999, the Boy Scouts of the American Samoa with the American Samoan Historic
Preservation Office identified the location of the original flagpole site and established a new
metal flag pole approximately 9.3 m. from the site of the first flag pole.
Current Condition
Today, the Sogelau Hill Flag Pole is regularly visited as tourists and Samoans ascend the
concrete steps and path to the site. The date of April 17 continues to be lauded in American
Samoa as Flag Day is an annual holiday where villages throughout Tutuila gather, entertain, and
celebrate with other villages. The location and date of the first raising of the American Flag on
Tutuila is taught in American Samoa schools, and is noticed in government-sponsored tourism
campaigns for the territory. The current caretaker, Fualau Mata, maintains the lush grass and
welcomes visitors to the site, encouraged by the High Chief Ta’amu Iakopo, and readily shows
Samoans and tourists the site of the original flag pole. The Mata family considers the Sogelau
Hill Flag Pole as a place where people are able to visit and share the history of American Samoa.
Conclusion
Sogelau Hill Flag Pole is a property that is historically and culturally significant to the American
Samoan community for several reasons. First, the site provides a physical reference for a widely
known event and American Samoan holiday: Flag Day. Second, it is a location where an
American Samoan civic tradition has been maintained as the population of American Samoa
continues to utilize the site following its original function on April 17, 1900. Third, the use of
Sogelau Hill as the locale for the raising of an American Flag is a tradition has been maintained
and passed down for 117 years. Fourth, Sogelau Hill maintains its historic integrity of location,
association, setting, and feeling. For these reasons, Sogelau Hill qualifies as a significant
property under the National Register criterion “A.”
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.)
Darden, T.F. (Capt., USN). 1952. Historical Sketch of the Naval Administration of the
Government of American Samoa: April 17, 1900-July 1, 1951. Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Office.
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Previous documentation on file (NPS):
____ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested
____ previously listed in the National Register
____ previously determined eligible by the National Register
____ designated a National Historic Landmark
____ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #____________
____ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # __________
____ recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # ___________
Primary location of additional data:
_X _ State Historic Preservation Office
____ Other State agency
____ Federal agency
____ Local government
____ University
____ Other
Name of repository: _____________________________________
Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): ________________
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10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property ___1/2 Acre_______
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Use either the UTM system or latitude/longitude coordinates
Latitude/Longitude Coordinates (decimal degrees)
Datum if other than WGS84:__________
(enter coordinates to 6 decimal places)
1. Latitude: Longitude:
2. Latitude: Longitude:
3. Latitude: Longitude:
4. Latitude:Longitude:
Or
UTM References
Datum (indicated on USGS map):
NAD 1927 or NAD 1983
1. Zone: 2L Easting: 533802 E Northing: 8421505
2. Zone: Easting: Northing:
3. Zone: Easting: Northing:
4. Zone: Easting : Northing:
Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.)
Sogelau Hill Flag Pole site is located within a 20 m. radius from UTM 2L 533802 E 8421505 N.
The location is shown as a point (A) or as a polygon on maps attached to this form.
X
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Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.)
The boundary encompasses the terrace that exhibits a grass foundation near a concrete path
featuring the former location of the flag pole, the new location of the flag pole built in 1999,
and two iron foundations from 1900. The location of the landscape contributes to the
integrity of setting and feeling as the terrace continues to be the site of a U.S. flag in the same
manner it did in 1900.
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11. Form Prepared By
name/title: _Joel D. Klenck, Principal Investigator_________________________________
organization: _ PRC, Inc.__________________________________________ __________
street & number: _1665 Brookside Cir. E. _________________________________
city or town: Jacksonville_________________ state: _FL_________ zip code:_32207_____
e-mail_jklenck@paleorc.com_________
telephone:_(904) 258-8992___________
date:_June 29, 2017_________________
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Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:
Maps: A USGS map or equivalent (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's
location.
Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous
resources. Key all photographs to this map.
Additional items: (Check with the SHPO, TPO, or FPO for any additional items.)
Photographs
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels
(minimum), 3000x2000 preferred, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs
to the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered and that number must correspond to
the photograph number on the photo log. For simplicity, the name of the photographer,
photo date, etc. may be listed once on the photograph log and doesn’t need to be labeled on
every photograph.
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Tutuila Island E., 001, AS
Name of Property County and State
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Photo Log
Name of Property: Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
City or Vicinity: Fagatogo Village
County: Tutuila Island E., 001
State: AS
Photographer: Joel D. Klenck
Date Photographed: June 5, 2017, to June 6, 2017
Location of Original Digital Files: 1665 Brookside Cir. E., Jacksonville, FL 32207
Number of Photographs 7
Photo #1 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0001): Sogelau Hill showing terrace where
original flag pole was erected in 1900 and the current flag pole established by the Boy Scouts
of American Samoa in 1999. Photograph taken from 29 degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L
0533802 E 8421505 N.
Photo #2 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0002): Sogelau Hill showing flag pole
established by the Boy Scouts of American Samoa in 1999. Photograph taken from 125
degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L 0533803 E 8421505 N.
Photo #3 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0003): Sogelau Hill exhibiting original
location of flag pole from 1900. Photograph taken from 294 degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L
0533800 E 8421507 N.
Photo #4 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0004): Sogelau Hill showing first iron base
that stabilized the flag pole in 1900. Photograph taken from 25 degrees magnetic, at 0533801
E 8421508 N.
Photo #5 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0005): Sogelau Hill showing second iron
base that stabilized the flag pole in 1900. Photograph taken from 195 degrees magnetic, at
0533800 E 8421501 N.
Photo #6 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0006): Sogelau Hill showing placement of
original iron anchors for the flag pole in 1900 before they were move to present locations by
the Boy Scouts in 1999 (See Photographs #4 & #5). Photograph taken from 248 degrees
magnetic, at 0533803 E 8421505 N.
Photo #7 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0007): Sogelau Hill view overlooking harbor
at Pago Pago. Photograph taken from 300 degrees magnetic, at 0533778 E 8421484 N.
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this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior,
1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC.
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Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Figure 1: Satellite Map showing location of Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo (Point A), in Mauputasi
County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north.
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Name of Property
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County and State
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Figure 2: Administrative Map showing location of Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo (Point A), in
Mauputasi County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north.
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Name of Property
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County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Figure 3: Terrain map showing location of Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo (Point A), in Mauputasi
County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north.
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Name of Property
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County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Figure 4: Topographic Map showing location of Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo, in Mauputasi
County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north. USGS Quadrangle: Tutuila Island
West, Scale 1:24,000. USGS 2001 (NIMA 7945 II NW-Series X866).
Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Scale: 1 cm/200 m
UTM Reference:
02L/0533802/8421505
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Name of Property
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County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Figure 5: Satellite Map showing location of Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo (Point A), in Mauputasi
County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north.
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Photo #1 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0001): Sogelau Hill showing terrace where original flag
pole was erected in 1900 and the current flag pole established by the Boy Scouts of American Samoa in
1999. Photograph taken from 29 degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L 0533802 E 8421505 N.
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Photo #2 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0002): Sogelau Hill showing flag pole established by the
Boy Scouts of American Samoa in 1999. Photograph taken from 125 degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L
0533803 E 8421505 N.
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Photo #3 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0003): Sogelau Hill exhibiting original location of flag
pole from 1900. Photograph taken from 294 degrees magnetic, at UTM 02L 0533800 E 8421507 N.
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Photo #4 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0004): Sogelau Hill showing first iron base that
stabilized the flag pole in 1900. Photograph taken from 25 degrees magnetic, at 0533801 E 8421508 N.
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Sogelau Hill Flag Pole
Name of Property
Tutuila Island, Eastern (001), AS
County and State
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Photo #5 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0005): Sogelau Hill showing second iron base that
stabilized the flag pole in 1900. Photograph taken from 195 degrees magnetic, at 0533800 E 8421501 N.
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Photo #6 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0006): Sogelau Hill showing placement of original iron
anchors for the flag pole in 1900 before they were move to present locations by the Boy Scouts in 1999
(See Photographs #4 & #5). Photograph taken from 248 degrees magnetic, at 0533803 E 8421505 N.
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Photo #7 of 10 (AS_Tutuila Island E._Sogelau_0007): Sogelau Hill view overlooking harbor at Pago
Pago. Photograph taken from 300 degrees magnetic, at 0533778 E 8421484 N.
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Historic Photo 1 of 5: Photograph of Flag Pole on Sogelau Hill circa. 1900.
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Historic Photo 2 of 5: Photograph taken around 1900 of the construction of the wharf in Pago Pago
harbor showing the iron foundations used to support the metal frame. Some of these objects were
transported to Sogelau Hill to fasten the wires holding the flag pole. Compare this photograph to Photos
#4 & #5 from the survey.
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Historic Photo 3 of 5: Photograph on April 17, 1900, the first Flag Day. Photograph shows the wires (red
arrows) supporting the Flag Pole that were anchored to the iron objects shown above and in photos #3
and #4 identified during the survey.
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Historic Photo 4 of 5: Photograph taken 1903 of the U.S.S. Abarenda in Pago Pago harbor. The vessel
fired the salutation after the first raising of the U.S. flag on Sogelau Hill and served as the residence of
Benjamin F. Tilley, the first governor of American Samoa.
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Historic Photo 5 of 5: Photograph taken after April 17, 1900, of wharf construction as evidence by Flag
Day photographs that show the wharf without a fully completed iron frame. See Historic Photo 3 of 5
above.
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Figure 6: Field sketch showing location of features at Sogelau Hill Flag Pole in Fagatogo, in Mauputasi
County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Arrow is oriented north. (A) denotes location of current flag
pole established in 1999 by the Boy Scouts of American Samoa. (B) exhibits the former location of the
flag pole from 1900. (C) & (D) are anchors for the wires that secured the first flag pole from 1900,
however, both features were reportedly moved during the Boy Scouts’ construction effort on Sogelau
Hill in 1999. (E) & (F) represent the former locations of the wire anchors before the 1999 project by the
Boy Scouts on Sogelau Hill.
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