NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY NINA GOLGOWSKI
October 9, 2015
An Oregon eighth grader is speaking out after he says he was suspended from school for refusing to take off a T-shirt meant to pay tribute to fallen soldiers.
The controversial shirt, worn by Alan Holmes, shows a helmet and a firearm in what's commonly referred to as a battlefield cross.
"Standing for those who stood for us," its caption reads.
The patriotic student, whose brother is a Marine, says he'll continue to do just that.
"If they won't let me wear a shirt that supports the people that keeps us free, I'm not going to support them," he told KPTV in a video interview.
Alan's father, who was called to pick him up from Gresham's Dexter McCarty Middle School outside Portland over his attire, says he's proud of him.
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