Friday, March 29, 2013

Florida town tells Marine Iraq veteran "take down the flag"

Marine veteran ordered to remove American flag from his yard
Published March 29, 2013
FoxNews.com

A U.S. Marine has been ordered by local officials to remove an American flag and flagpole that he installed outside his Florida home after returning home from serving in Iraq.

Gregory Schaffer told WPTV.com that he received a citation from the town of Hypoluxo, Fla., listing the flagpole as a violation of the town's permitting code.

"It's sad. It's sad that we have to go through that just to fly a flag," Schaffer told the station. The 24-year-old Marine said a neighbor filed a complaint with the town within days after he installed the flagpole in his yard.
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