A Maryland county executive office building raised its POW/MIA flag again after the public vented outrage at county officials over replacing the flag with the LGBT pride flag.
Montgomery County took down the POW/MIA flag meant to honor missing American troops to make room for the LGBT pride flag on Monday to celebrate LGBT Pride Month, according to NBC Washington. The POW/MIA flag was back flying beside the American flag at the Montgomery County Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Tuesday.
“I wasn’t happy about it at all because the park is supposed to be a veterans park,” Vietnam veteran John Williams said. “People died. Now they took it down and put another flag up.”
“If they want to put the other flag underneath, they could put it underneath, but the POW flag should be flying there,” Williams said.
Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass said the more ringlets would be added to the flag pole to make room for both flags.
“The flag post was only able to accommodate one flag, and when we learned of that, we are quickly, the county government, is quickly changing it,” Glass said. “So we’re adding more ringlets so that by tomorrow morning both flags will be raised.”
