Ben's American Flag Was Burned By Punk, Town Turned Out In Giant Patriotic Rally
Todd Starnes.com reports:
A reader alerted me to this incredible story of patriotism at a high school in Heber City, Utah:
Student Ben Schofield is known around Wasatch High School for his American spirit. He flies an American flag from the back of his red pickup truck.
"I think it's really important," Ben told Fox 13 in Salt Lake City. "It's not just the material part of the flag, it's the meaning behind it."
(Fox 13 in link)
The other day someone set fire to Ben's flag in the school parking lot. Part of his truck was scorched by the blaze.....................
The following day - students at Wasatch High School - decided to take a stand. Several dozen young people rallied at a nearby Wal-Mart. They wore red, white and blue and most proudly flew Old Glory.
Samantha Emmanuel, one of the participating students, said she and the others were appalled at the vandalism.
"There are thousands and thousands of soldiers (in) a couple different countries right now fighting for you to come to school and then you just burned (the flag) up like that?" student Samantha Emmanuel told television station KSL.
(KSL in the link)
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