[Gucho]

The flag that Rick Monday saved from being burned by 2 anti-American hippies in 1976 is making it's way from Florida to Dodger Stadium under escort from the Patriot Guard Riders.


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Outfielder Rick Monday of the Cubs dashes between two men in the Dodger Stadium outfield on April 25, 1976, snatching an American flag the men were about to burn. (JAMES ROARK: ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO)

[Dr. Ed Bravo]

That photograph earned James Roark a Pulitzer prize nominatation in 1976. Sadly, things didn't work out too well for him. A short bio of James Roark