{"id":35107,"date":"2013-04-15T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35107"},"modified":"2013-04-15T08:18:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:18:50","slug":"ignorance-in-flag-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35107","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance in flag flap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, ignorant of the history of the Gadsden Flag, the city council of New Rochelle, New York has ordered a Gadsden flag removed from their armory because it has been, in recent years, adopted by the Tea Party. But since 1775, it has flown with the Navy flag as a remembrance of the first flag flown on a US Navy vessel, presented to the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Commodore Esek Hopkins by Continental Colonel Christopher Gadsden. The city council was informed of this long history of the relationship of the flag to Naval and Marine heritage, but, since US history began on January 21st, 2009, the long history of the flag matters naught to the city council. Says Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association of New Rochelle is fighting the decision, ordered by City Manager Chuck Strome after complaints that the flag is a symbol of the Tea Party movement, according to World Net Daily.<\/p>\n

But Strome did an about-face after Peter Parente, president of United Veterans Memorial, sent Strome the history of the Gadsden flag, which is flown beneath the U.S. flag on many military sites, according to World Net Daily.<\/p>\n

Then the New Rochelle City Council overruled Strome, voting 5-2 to have the flag removed.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Examiner, the council objected to the flag because they said Parente is a member of the Tea Party and wants to display the flag to push a political agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nearby Deerpark, NY<\/a> has decided to raise a Gadsden flag in support of veterans in New Rochelle.<\/p>\n

A small Orange County town is throwing its support behind a New Rochelle veterans group seeking to return a Revolutionary War-era flag atop the city-owned former armory.<\/p>\n

During a noon ceremony Monday, the town of Deerpark plans to raise its own yellow Gadsden flag on the town\u2019s flag pole in front of Town Hall, the town said in a news release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Thomas More Center<\/a> is taking up the legal battle for veterans of new Rochelle.<\/p>\n

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center commented, “Their outrageous decision to confiscate a cherished symbol of our War for Independence smacks of pure partisan politics. Many Americans fought and died for our independence under that flag, and the Law Center will take available means to return the Gadsden Flag back on the Veterans’ flag pole. As one Revolutionary War hero said, we ‘have just begun to fight.'”<\/p>\n

Continued Thompson, “Using the City Council’s reasoning, they would remove the Stars and Stripes from flagpoles because both Democrat and Republican Parties, as well as most political candidates, use the Stars and Stripes in their campaign messaging.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Someone needs to take the city council and spank them in the town square, under the Gadsden flag for being immature little dicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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