Submitted by: Nancy Battle
The City Council of a town in North Texas is rethinking a local ordinance limiting flags on veterans' graves after an outcry from local veterans and residents.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Mineral Wells City Council passed the ordinance on June 19 saying flags would only be allowed on graves in the Woodland Park Cemetery for a week before and after Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
The ordinance bans any mementos on graves that are not in an 'appropriate receptacle,' such as a vase.City Clerk Juanita Formby says this means the city is not completely banning flags, just regulating them.
Read more:http://times247.com/articles/outcry-pushes-texas-town-to-rethink-flag-restrictions#ixzz1zhawUXXy
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