MAN REPLACES BURNED FLAGS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Residents whose American flags were ripped down and burned by vandals rejoiced Friday when a local businessman drove onto their street with a box full of new flags. Paul Burgess
Paul Burgess (born September 28, 1950 in Manchester) is an English rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range , owner of Burgess Paint and Auto Body, delivered 16 flags to Paul Travis Drive residents. ``When I'd heard about what had happened, it made me sick to my stomach,'' Burgess said. ``These people are nice, patriotic people who just wanted to display their flags and their patriotism Patriotism See also Chauvinism, Loyalty. America, Captain comic-strip character known as the “protector of the American way.” [Comics: Horn, 155–156] American elm traditional symbol of American patriotism. . Since the attacks on 9-11 we've had people over there dying for us and these vandals burn our flag. I just couldn't have it.'' Two men or teen-age boys wearing military-style camouflage camouflage (kăm`əfläzh), in warfare, the disguising of objects with artificial aids, especially for the purpose of making them blend into their surroundings or of deceiving the observer as to the location of strategic points. pants tore down 21 flags from front lawns and burned them early Wednesday in a plastic trash barrel. The pair ran when a resident approached them. The original flags had been distributed eight years ago by Travis Paul resident Gary Kephart. Within hours of the vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and , neighborhood children had posted flags made of crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. paper and straws in front lawns, and in chalk scrawled flag drawings and the words ``God Bless America'' in driveways. ``We're not going to let them take our patriotism away,'' said resident Stacey Roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. . ``Everyone knows us as the flag street.'' Added her husband, Bruce: ``We're living in the aftermath of 9-11 and for some punk to just rip the flags down, it's sad.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Paul Travis Drive resident Bruce Roadhouse, left, and flag donor Paul Burgess, right, raise Old Glory outside Roadhouse's home with help from some neighborhood children. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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