Over 20 flags at SC cemetery burned before Fourth of July, GOP Rep. vows to replace them
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More than 20 flags were taken from graves at an Anderson, South Carolina, cemetery just before the Fourth of July
"I’m excited to announce that Forest Lawn Memorial Park has accepted my offer to replace the 21 American flags that were burned by vandals with 22 flags, so that our whole community knows that the values our flag stands for can never be destroyed and that no amount of intimidation will cause us to shy away from showing our pride for this country," Rep. Jeff Duncan told Fox News in a Wednesday statement. The perpetrator(s) also vandalized the cemetery's bell tower with graffiti that appears to read, "Seperating [sic] church and state," Owens said in a July 3 statement. "The flags were placed in our cemetery to celebrate the 245th birthday of Our Nation's Independence," Owens said, adding that it is the second time American flags have been burned at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson.More Related News