'This is our flag': County tears down memorial, town rebuilds it
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Washington town took action after a roadside memorial honoring veterans was removed by county road crews.
The “years-old display” of American and POW flags in the town of Preston was taken down after someone filed a complaint.
Crews said they took the original flags down because they didn’t have permission to be there.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}On Thursday evening, angry residents hung up new flags.
“People were really, really upset about this,” one resident told KOMO.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Another local man, Robert Cunningham, said it doesn’t make sense that one complaint led the memorial’s destruction.
“One person says they don’t like it, and they take it down. I don’t understand,” he said. “We live in the United States of America. This is our flag. Why is it offensive?”
County officials said they want to find a new location for the memorial because the current spot can become a visual distraction for drivers to look away and potentially get into accidents.
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