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08NOV16 shocked college to pull down US flag. Outraged mayor, veterans & community demand to fly flag on campus: It does now
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2016/12/02
Students at Hampshire College were upset 02Dec2016 Friday when school officials decided to raise the American Flag once again to full-staff after students demanded it be placed at half-staff because of the election of Donald J. Trump.
Students at the Amherst, Massachusetts college had initially lowered the flag to half-staff in protest against the results of the November 8 election. Days after that move a group of students later pulled the flag down and burned it.
The controversy at the college continued when on Veteran’s Day college officials raised a new flag to memorialize the armed forces, but students again launched into protest. Eventually Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash pulled the flag down entirely and opened a “dialog” on how the flag controversy was affecting the school.
2016/11/26
The Mayor announced his plans to protest in a news release sent to 22News on Saturday:
"Mayor Domenic J. Sarno will attend in support and stand in solidarity with our cherished veterans and our American flag in protest of Hampshire College’s continued refusal to fly the flag, which is so disrespectful to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in order for all of us to live the lives we lead. God Bless America."
Hampshire College made the controversial decision to remove the American flag earlier this week, after a different flag was burned on campus, following the presidential election.
2016/11/27
People came from all over New England to attend this protest. The news of the flag being taken down upset Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno who stood in solidarity with veterans Sunday.
Mayor Domenic Sarno mentioned, "For the students here and the president and board of trustees have risen from what the veterans sacrificed, this flag and not to fly the flag on this campus if you were in some other countries around the world it would be handled very, very differently."
The college in Amherst had lowered the U.S. flag to half-staff after Election Day. The flag was found burned on Veterans Day, and the school chose to stop flying it - and any other flags - a week later.
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Image courtesy FoxNews and Beck Diefenbach / AP
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One should give respect to their country flag, as it is not one’s own property to do as he or she like doing. I was really felt badly when i have seen these pictures of burning flag. I would like write an article in my blog on importance of flag and show my respect towards my country flag.
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If the one country or whole one nation is standing up together for their beloved nation's flag then no one can brake them or fire their flag, like in this photo the person's are born fire to the flag.
You are right and that’s a sad news if students are doing all these activities, and personally, I think it’s shameful and students can choose another way to protest instead of burning the flag, and this is the responsibility of their parents to raise awareness about the patriotism and respect of this flag. On the other hand, I request to MR Mayor Domenic J. Sarno pay attention and fulfill the needs of students. As a writer from Assignment Help Squad where I work and provide https://www.assignmenthelpsquad.co.uk/">assignment assistance online to the students in the UK I condemn this situation which happened.
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Socialism = an financial machine wherein the kingdom controls or oversees most or all enterprise and economy and supports it is populace.
To place it sincerely they selected their name and nobody advised them that it wasn't suitable.