especially when it is positioned at an angle with the building wall fig1 shows an embodiment of the flag pole generally indicated at 10 that could be used with a 220 voltage power source the flag pole 10 including a staff 12 with a longitudinal axis 14 and a light 16 on one end an electrical power cord 18 can be attached to the staff 12 for supplying electricity to the light 16 in this case the electrical power cord 18 is shown contained within the staff 12 to protect it from the elements but one skilled in the art would understand that there are other ways to power the light fig1 shows two connectors 20 a 20 b also referred to as u201c wind control flag clips u201d mounted on the staff 12 each of the connectors includes a sleeve 26 that is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis 14 the connectors 20 are fixed longitudinally relative to the staff and thus do not move up and down the staff but stay in place the sleeves 26 are capable of being releasably attached to a flag 21 using a clip 22 which attaches to a grommet 24 on the flag 21 or other flag attaching portion of the flag when so attached the leading edge of the flag i e the edge of the flag closest to the staff is substantially unfettered that is the flag is not fixed along the leading edge except at the clips 22 the connectors 20 and.