A long-running American flag flap involving a Vietnam veteran and a Virginia homeowners association appears to have been resolved.
The dispute pitted the Wyndham Homeowners Association in Henrico against Richard Oulton, a medic during the Vietnam War with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines, a unit that suffered so many casualties it became famously known as “The Walking Dead.”
Twenty years ago, Wyndham took Oulton to court over a 25-foot flag pole on his property in the affluent townhouse development, WRIC-TV reports.
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After Oulton was found guilty of violating the HOA’s by-laws, the flag pole was forced to go.
“I’m standing in my front yard being told my American flag is a visual nuisance,” Oulton told the station as he took down the flag pole. “I think it’s horrible, but I have to comply.” – READ MORE