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WWII vet in Virginia battles homeowners group over flag issue | delmarvanow.com | The Daily Times
Fuck the Sussex Square homeowners association. The guy served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam with over thirty years of service. Plus, winning several awards including the Purple Heart AND The Medal of Honor.
As far as I'm concerned, he can put whatever he wants on his lawn and I hope the Judge fines these people for coming to court for wasting his time with such a lawsuit.
Thoughts?
RICHMOND A 90-year-old Army veteran who won the Medal of Honor during World War II is battling his neighborhood association for what he says is his right to fly the American flag from a pole in his front yard.
Col. Van T. Barfoot says he erected the 21-foot flagpole in September, raising the flag daily at sunrise and retiring it at sunset.
The Sussex Square homeowners association told him recently that the free-standing pole violates the townhouse neighborhoods aesthetic guidelines and ordered him to remove it by 5 p.m. Friday or face a lawsuit.
I dont have any qualms with their authority, but the thing about it is that I cannot get enough conversation out of them where we can try to work out a solution, Barfoot said Wednesday in a telephone interview.
Barfoot, who moved into his townhouse in June, won his medal for actions near Carano, Italy, in 1944 and is one of about 90 surviving Medal of Honor winners. He also won the Purple Heart and other decorations, and served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring from the service in 1974.
Ive flown the flag at my home as long as I can remember, said Barfoot, who lived in rural Amelia County before moving to suburban Richmond. This is the first time in the last 36 years that Ive been unable to put my flag up on the same pole, the same staff and take it down when its time to come down.
Fuck the Sussex Square homeowners association. The guy served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam with over thirty years of service. Plus, winning several awards including the Purple Heart AND The Medal of Honor.
As far as I'm concerned, he can put whatever he wants on his lawn and I hope the Judge fines these people for coming to court for wasting his time with such a lawsuit.
Thoughts?