That misses the point. He should keep his flag pole. A 90 year old man in good shape can raise and lower a flag on a freestanding pole, but removing and replacing a flag on a stick on the side of your house takes real effort. (I have both types.) Besides, a flag on a pole is more dignified.
Where do these flag haters come from? I have friends with a cottage at a popular vacation area in Wisconsin. They put up a flag pole on the side of their house overlooking Lake Michigan. The neighbors had a fit but didn't want to confront our friend directly. SO, they got the Sec. of State of WI -- another neighbor (a Dem, of course) to ask my friends to move the pole into the woods where the complainers couldn't see it. Outrageous. BTW, the complainers are retired IL school teachers, so that shows you the state of public education around here. The flag still flies.
Go for it, Col. Barfoot! Fly your flag and don't back down for any of those weasels.
And someone give him a Thompson.