Posted on 06/18/2010 4:02:32 PM PDT by mdittmar
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Rhode Island boy whose school banned a hat he made because the toy soldiers on it carried tiny guns was awarded a medal on Friday for his patriotic efforts.
Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, the retired head of the Rhode Island National Guard, gave 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM's John DePetro show.
Centracchio said the second-grader should be thanked for recognizing veterans and soldiers.
"You did nothing wrong, and you did an outstanding job," he said. "We can only hope that kids of your caliber will continue to defend this country."
Centracchio also gave David a certificate that allows him to call himself a brigadier general.
David was assigned to make a hat last week for a project at the Tiogue School in Coventry. He chose a patriotic theme and glued plastic Army figures to a camouflage baseball cap. But school officials said the hat ran afoul of their no-weapons policy because the Army men held tiny guns.
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Bravo, Bravo!
The kid should instruct the teacher to address him as Sir or General henceforth.
When I was his age I got to play with painted WWI toy soldiers made of lead and played with by my father. I can’t even imagine a child’s life where toy soldiers are banned! I’m thinking the people responsible for this need to be kept far far away from children.
RI a pitiful little state trying to make a name for it self, PC morons.
Good story. Great outcome!
I remember as a kid,playing with the sets of Army men you could get at the store,one side was olive drab,one side was grey,they all had guns,and my side always won.
I thought that was funny too.
That is General Morales to you, when the teacher calls him David.
“We can only hope that kids of your caliber...”
I hope the Lt. General didn’t get in trouble for his choice of words.
Good for the kid! You’re right, they should have to address him as ‘general’. LOL
A challenge coin is not a medal.
Anyway, I wonder if the General told him how to use it. ;)
Yep! One of them right-wing whack jobs the TV has been warning us about! Thank goodness they caught him in time.
I still have my Dad’s toy WWI lead soldiers and have them on display.
He gets free milk at the O Club.
Wait til they find out he’s a Cub Scut too.
No Root Beer.
A Rhode Island boy whose school banned a hat he made because the toy soldiers on it carried tiny gunsWow, I'll bet those tiny guns shot tiny bullets made in tiny factories in some leftist's tiny brain.
Of course, the medal depicts soldiers with tiny guns, so the kid will probably be sent home again if he wears the medal to school.
Ha! Too funny, I like it.
Mrs Jones, by the power vested in me by The Rhode Island National Guard, from this point forward you will address me as "Sir".
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