Cemetery staff in South Carolina returned to work the day after celebrating July 4th to find several American flags pulled from the ground and burned. The Forest Lawn Memorial Park places 30 American flags on the roadway leading up to its veterans mausoleum every Independence Day, which they call the
Cemetery staff in South Carolina returned to work the day after celebrating July 4th to find several American flags pulled from the ground and burned.
The Forest Lawn Memorial Park places 30 American flags on the roadway leading up to its veterans mausoleum every Independence Day, which they call the"Avenue of Flags," Jay Hodge, funeral director for the McDougald Funeral Home, told ABC News. Cemetery staff discovered on July 5 that 21 of the flags had been stolen and scorched on the property, Hodge said. The remaining flags were left intact in the ground."This has never happened before, but unfortunately there are folk out in the area that just are not very nice and are destructive, so that's what has taken place," Hodge said.The funeral home and cemetery have received support from veteran's group and the local community to replace the flags, Hodge said.
A representative from the sheriff's office did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
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