Tiny flag creates big stir for Florida retiree

Published July 3, 2014 9:07pm ET



JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A tiny American flag stuck between bright purple flowers on a Jacksonville retiree’s porch has become a tempest in a teapot at a Florida condominium community.

Like many planned communities, The Tides Condominium at Sweetwater — home to 73-year-old Larry Murphree — has strict rules about how one properly displays Christmas lights, parks a car and even flies Old Glory.

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