24-year Air Force veteran Delia Foster, from East Tennessee, had proudly displayed the American flag from a flag pole in her front yard–until her homeowner’s association demanded she take it down, claiming it violated a ban on “structures” without special permission.
“It felt like there was an empty place,” Foster told WBIR. “Not only in my yard, but in my heart.”
“It just seemed empty,” she said. “Like I was going to pass by my house accidentally because I was so used to seeing it there lit up.”
But Foster also told WBIR that she doesn’t give up easily when she thinks something is the right thing to do. So she pored over the HOA’s rules, and discovered they actually follow country codes–which don’t define flag poles as a “structure.” She confirmed all this with the mayor’s office, and notified the HOA of their error.
The Loudon County Veterans Army Guard then reinstated her flag with ceremony, nine weeks after she had taken it down.
Watch the local report below:
(h/t The Blaze)
