US Flag Stolen from Veterans at American Legion in Stockton
Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, three flags were stolen from the Karl Ross American Legion Hall Post 16 in Stockton.
Tag: American Flag
‘It’s Preposterous’: Cal State Bakersfield Reacts to UC Irvine Flag Ban
“It’s preposterous. You know, I can’t understand it,” said veteran Gary Lockhart in an interview with local ABC News affiliate KERO 23 ABC.
Veteran Takes Heat for Posting Photo of Child Cradled in American Flag
A photographer and Navy veteran took heat on Facebook this week after posting a photo of a friend and fellow veteran holding her infant child in a cradle made with an American flag.
UC Irvine Flag Meeting Canceled Due to Threats
Threats of violence directed at students forced UC Irvine administrators to cancel a Tuesday night student meeting meant to discuss the transient decision to remove the American flag from the lobby of the student government’s building.
Texas School Paints Over Star Spangled Mural After One Homeowner Complained
If it was not enough that the mere display of the United States flag hurt students’ feelings at a University of California campus, the mere likeness to the flag was cause for controversy at a Texas public school where the Red, White and Blue offended the surrounding neighborhood’s sense of aesthetics. “The developer told us that he had one homeowner complain about the colors,” said Canutillo Independent School District (ISD) spokesman Rene Leon in a CBS4 interview.
California Republican Considering Legislation to Prohibit Banning American Flag in State-Funded Schools
News of a vote by the governing student body at the University of California Irvine to ban the American flag from their lobby spread quickly this past week, ultimately making its way to California’s State Capitol in Sacramento.
‘Veto’ Says UCI Student Government to American Flag Ban
Executive Cabinet members of the Associated Students of University of California Irvine (UCI) voted Saturday to overturn a resolution banning the hanging of the American flag, echoing the words of an earlier statement from the university that called the ban “misguided.”
UCI Says American Flag Ban ‘Misguided’
On Saturday the University of California at Irvine (UCI) said that the student government’s vote to ban the display of the American Flag was “misguided.”
UC Irvine Student Gov. Bans American Flag from ‘Inclusive’ Space
The undergraduate governing body at the University of California, Irvine, voted this week to remove the American flag and all other flags from its lobby, after arguing in part that flags are “symbols of patriotism or weapons of nationalism.”
