I am not a vet but I have great respect for all that have served our country. I am posting this story about the retired general that has had his flag stolen 9 times. This is a shame but I am glad others stepped up to help The thugs that have been stealing his flags need to have their butss kicked.
Texas veteran may have found a sure-fire way to keep his American flag flying after it was stolen from his porch nine times.
On Saturday, the retired brigadier general got a 25-foot lighted flagpole to fly his flag on.
Saturday morning, the Patriot Guard Riders, the mayor of Trophy Club and the mayor of Bedford came to Archie Mays' house bearing American flags. By the afternoon, his front lawn was filled with them.
"General, this flag being presented to you today was flown on a Patriot Guard mission in your honor, and we would be very proud if you would accept it on the behalf of the Patriot Guard Riders," a Patriot Guard rider told Mays.
Mays said he hopes the new flagpole will be the answer to keeping his flag where it belongs.
"I hope it does some good," he said. "I hope those idiots get the idea that a lot of people don't like this."
Mays caught the thieves on tape one of the last times his flag was stolen off his porch.
He said he has flown the American flag for 34 years. And now with the new flagpole, he said he's hoping for at least 34 more years.