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Nine years ago today, at a selectman's meeting in Amherst, MA, UMass professor comments on display of the flag in the town. “What the flag is, is a symbol of terrorism and death and fear and destruction and oppression… To many, many ordinary people in countries around the globe, the U.S. has done terrible things. If I think of the flag, I have to think about it from the point of view of those people.”-- UMass Prof. Jennie Traschen, Monday, September 10, 2001

Here is an account of September 10, 2001, 12 hours before the first plane hit. I was at a rally to support the flying of the American Flag from the telephone poles down Main Street in Amhert Mass. What happened that night was quite profound!~

A day late, but... Last night's news carried this item. Some residents in Amherst, MA (Amherst College, Univ. of Massachusetts) are "furious" that the US flag has remained up after Labor Day. They consider the US flag a symbol of racism, imperialism, and evil, and have demanded that it be taken down. The matter has reached the selectmen and town manager for action. In light of today's events, I think this item is particularly relevant, and says volumes about Amherst, MA, and the surrounding area.