12-02-2009, 17:38
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Medal of Honor recipient, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/ne...091201/309031/
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Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
JOE MAHONEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Medal of Honor winner Col. Van T. Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard in western Henrico County.
By Staff Reports
Published: December 2, 2009
Updated: December 2, 2009
Col. Van T. Barfoot, a local Medal of Honor winner, is under the gun from his Henrico County community's homeowner association.
In a five-paragraph letter to Barfoot that he received yesterday, Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard. The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the American flag every morning on the pole, then lowers and folds the flag at dusk each day in a three-corner military fashion.
In a priority mail letter, the Coates & Davenport law firm in Richmond is ordering Barfoot to remove the pole by 5 p.m. Friday or face "legal action being brought to enforce the Covenants and Restrictions against you." The letter states that Barfoot will be subject to paying all legal fees and costs in any successful legal proceeding pursued by the homeowner association's board.
Barfoot lives in the Sussex Square community in far western Henrico; its board of directors rejected a plea from Barfoot in July to approve the pole, disallowing the fixture on aesthetic grounds.
There is no provision in the community's rules expressly forbidding flagpoles, Barfoot's daughter said. But she said the board ruled against her father's fixture and ordered it removed in July, deciding that free-standing flag poles are not aesthetically appropriate. Short flag stands attached to porches dot the community.
"Dad sort of feels like this is the end," said Margaret Nicholls, Barfoot's daughter, who lives a few doors away. But she said this morning that she and her husband are attempting to generate support for her father's cause, a flag-raising rite that he has undertaken for most of his life.
Barfoot received the Medal of Honor on the battlefield during World War II in Italy and fought as well in the Korean and Vietnam wars. A portion of a highway in rural Mississippi, his native state, was named in his honor this fall. A building at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond also carries his name.
Barfoot began regularly flying the flag on Veteran's Day this year despite the Sussex Square board's decision.
He said in November that not flying the flag would be a sacrilege to him.
"There's never been a day in my life or a place I've lived in my life that you couldn't fly the American flag," he said.
For more on this story, see tomorrow's Richmond Times-Dispatch.
-- Bill McKelway
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12-02-2009, 17:56
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I suspect the HOA will relent after this hits the news.
Not specifically prohibited in the rules but declared a no-no by the board. Interesting.
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12-02-2009, 18:03
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I'd like to see this go to FOX News, Sean Hannity ,Limbaugh and Bill O'Riley!!
Pure liberal, ACLU spin.
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12-02-2009, 18:15
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....Not specifically prohibited in the rules but declared a no-no by the board. Interesting.
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The HOA Board is made up of people. Interesting that members of a HOA don't realize the twits that run the board until something like this happens.
Once again - get involved at the lowest level. HOAs and local government. That gives you the biggest bang for your effort.
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12-02-2009, 18:30
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Yeah, since the flagpole is not specifically prohibited I'd be telling all concerned to pound sand. Repeatedly.
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12-02-2009, 18:38
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Just sent a link to this page to Lars Larson who has both a regional and national radio talk show.
I'm proud to say Lars has been here in the shop, he's one of the good guys.
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12-02-2009, 18:44
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
Just sent a link to this page to Lars Larson who has both a regional and national radio talk show.
I'm proud to say Lars has been here in the shop, he's one of the good guys.
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Mark Levin was talking (well, ranting really) about this on his show.
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12-02-2009, 18:47
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Mark Levin was talking (well, ranting really) about this on his show.
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A great start!!
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12-02-2009, 21:39
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Will there be an opportunity to donate to the legal fund or will this case be picked up by one of the good guy legal organizations?
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12-03-2009, 07:08
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Reading his MOH citation was like reading a Chuck Norris script!
If someone finds a link for a legal defense fund please post.
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12-03-2009, 08:05
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12-03-2009, 08:12
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People obviously have nothing else better to do with their time. No respect at all. I bet if the flagpole had a dumb ass holiday flag as opposed to the U.S. flag, there wouldn't be an issue. Maybe a "Happy Eid-al-Adha" flag would've went over better. 
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12-03-2009, 09:04
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
Just sent a link to this page to Lars Larson who has both a regional and national radio talk show.
I'm proud to say Lars has been here in the shop, he's one of the good guys.
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2X here, Good idea is to spread the news.
Sort of having a penchant for the American Civil War let me also add;
"Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys
Rally once again,
Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom
We will rally from the hillside
We'll gather from the plains,
Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom!"
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12-03-2009, 09:07
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I have a low tolerance for media morons.
The proper term is Medal of Honor "recipient", not "winner".
Soldiers, sailors and Marines do not "win" medals, that would be the Olympics.
War is not a f***ing game.
This is how NYC became stupid, believing everything the NYT's wrote/published.
Write the media morons and correct them.
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12-03-2009, 13:24
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
I have a low tolerance for media morons.
The proper term is Medal of Honor "recipient", not "winner".
Soldiers, sailors and Marines do not "win" medals, that would be the Olympics.
War is not a f***ing game.
This is how NYC became stupid, believing everything the NYT's wrote/published.
Write the media morons and correct them.
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CNN actually called him a Medal of Honor recipient about 10 minutes ago. I guess someone got through to them.
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