Just an interesting story I thought you might like to read…
The following is a story out of Richmond, Virginia. I literally have no words in my repertories to describe the lunacy of the situation. The man won a medal of honor
WWII vet gains supporters in flagpole battle
By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON (AP) – 1 hour ago
RICHMOND, Va. — One of the nation's oldest Medal of Honor winners is fighting again, now with a Virginia neighborhood association that wants him to take down his front-yard flagpole.
Supporters, including a U.S. senator, are falling in behind 90-year-old Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II veteran.
Barfoot put up the 21-foot flagpole in September. He raises the flag daily at sunrise and retires it at sunset.
But the Sussex Square homeowners' association says the flagpole violates the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines and ordered him to remove it by 5 p.m. Friday or face a lawsuit.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner is among those offering to help break the impasse, according to Warner spokesman Kevin Hall. Others are backing Barfoot on the Internet, including with a Facebook page.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
*Update*
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/FLAG10_20091209-222607/310650/
Click the Above Link To Hear The Col. Speak.
