"I just went to the ward over there and they said it was offensive and they did not like what it portrayed and they asked we remove it. We had to do what the guidelines say. We are a federal facility," says Willie Logan, Public Information Officer for the VA Hospital. The only flag allowed inside is the United States flag.
American History is offensive? This is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. This guy could have ancestors who fought for the Confederacy.Even in Northeast Pennsylvania we put small Confederate flags on the unnamed graves of Confederate soldiers who are buried in the church cemetery on Memorial Day and USA flags on the Union graves.