EFL & Hate
In Vermont’s Capital City, the American Flag is flying high. The city adorns buildings and parking meters with old glory around holidays. "The downtown looks great, we dressed up for the fourth of July," says Montpelier Mayor Mary Hooper. But almost as quickly as they go up, the stars and stripes are being stolen and burned in a series of flag desecrations and thefts. The first incident happened at the statehouse about three weeks ago. Someone ripped up two American flags and wrapped them around a statue of Ethan Allen. Then last week, someone draped the flag around a statue of the Virgin Mary and set it on fire.
Speechless.
"We should put a penalty on these guys that are deforming the flag, they’re not Americans, get rid of ’em!" says Neil Manning of Montpelier.
Good to see not everyone up there has drank eaten the Ben and Jerry’s cool-aide. |