LETTER: USU crews disrespect American flag
To the editor:
I was walking home from class today and witnessed something horrific. Two facilities employees were dropping, quite disrespectfully, the American flag, according to the U.S. Flag Code. They also put the other flags they had taken down earlier in the dirt. I have noticed around campus several problems related to the American flag, our nation’s symbol of freedom, most of which go unnoticed. Many flags are left up through heavy storms and at night with no lights.
According to U.S. Flag Code published by the U.S. Congress, American flags must be well-lit if left up at night and taken down in major storms to prevent the flag from being destroyed by the weather. Also, flags must be lowered slowly to show that our country still stands but is only lowering the flag for the night.
It is quite sad that a public and respectable university such as ours would disrespect our nation’s symbol so openly; such a disgrace to our country and freedom.
– Weston Taylor