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'This is our flag': County tears down memorial, town rebuilds it
Fox News ^ | July 30, 2017

Posted on 07/30/2017 2:01:39 PM PDT by Hadean

A Washington town took action after a roadside memorial honoring veterans was removed by county road crews.

The “years-old display” of American and POW flags in the town of Preston was taken down after someone filed a complaint. Crews said they took the original flags down because they didn’t have permission to be there.

On Thursday evening, angry residents hung up new flags. “People were really, really upset about this,” one resident told KOMO.

Another local man, Robert Cunningham, said it doesn’t make sense that one complaint led the memorial’s destruction.

“One person says they don’t like it, and they take it down. I don’t understand,” he said. “We live in the United States of America. This is our flag. Why is it offensive?”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
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To: Robwin

Are people allowed to have flags on their own porches/ homes? Every one should put those flags up on their private property.


21 posted on 07/30/2017 3:18:34 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Hadean

What union represents the workers who removed the memorial?


22 posted on 07/30/2017 5:19:53 PM PDT by Mark was here (Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
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To: piasa

Yeah, it was probably a WWII veteran. /s Go back to sleep.


23 posted on 07/30/2017 5:21:43 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Hadean

The RATS love the tyranny of the minority over the majority. This time the majority has fought back. It’s popcorn time.


24 posted on 07/30/2017 6:13:51 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Not lighted at night would be another.
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So, do you believe that all of the small American flags placed at the graves of veterans by the BSA and other volunteers for Memorial Day have to be lighted at night?


25 posted on 07/30/2017 9:26:06 PM PDT by octex
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To: Hadean

I don’t like all those expensive Median’s with Crepe Myrtle TREES in them, can I complain and get them remove, they impede my vision for turning and driving. They are a real actual hazard.


26 posted on 07/31/2017 5:46:07 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: octex

I see many US flags not lighted at night, on homes and businesses. It is not proper etiquette.

I was just adding to the other comment on reasons why someone might not like the way they were displayed.


27 posted on 07/31/2017 7:52:17 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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