Disappointed after flags vandalized in subdivision

To the Editor,

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…” How many of us big and small, young and old, have recited these words?

Yet how many of us aspire to live up to the true meaning of these simple words?

Around midnight on the night of Aug. 27, we had our American flag, my husband’s Marine Corp flag and the spotlight we use for illumination vandalized by a group of youth in the Cobblestone subdivision.

In this day and age of heightened patriotism it is very disappointing that these children would choose this action as a way to “amuse” themselves.

My husband is a combat veteran, who proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp fighting in Vietnam. It is his just right (like all Americans) to display his colors and fly them with pride.

May I strongly suggest if you suspect that your children might have been involved in this action that you take them for a visit or better yet have them volunteer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor for just one day. There they will see and experience first hand what it means to be a true American who loves his flag and country.

Shirley Sisty
Tecumseh