Some youths willing to attack the flag

Published 9:00 pm Sunday, September 30, 2001

On the weekend after the attack in New York, my wife bought two American flags. We were moved by all the news clips and constant coverage and felt it was a duty of every American to support each other by flying the flag. I put one on the garage wall outside, and one on a fence post at the end of our driveway. Some time between 3 and 5 p.m. on Sept. 16, Sunday, someone burned the flag on the end of the driveway!

After talking to the neighbors on both sides, I discovered that three teen-age boys were seen walking up and down the road at that time, and they recognized at least one of the boys. I know that the kids had to be aware of the attack and why the flag was there, so I wonder what kind of kid would be so clueless as to burn an American flag? It makes me sick when I think of all the young guys that died on beaches in World War II, Korea and Vietnam doing what they had to do, and some twerp with a match can burn the flag and walk away.

I want all the parents and kids in the Lakewood School District to be aware that they have a kid with a sick mind in our community, and I hope he is proud of himself.

Arlington