THIS IS A VISUAL NUISANCE TO SOME
A long-running American flag flap involving a Vietnam veteran and a Virginia homeowners association appears to have been resolved.
The dispute pitted the Wyndham Homeowners Association in Henrico against Richard Oulton, a medic during the Vietnam War with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines, a unit that suffered so many casualties it became famously known as "The Walking Dead."
Twenty years ago, Wyndham took Oulton to court over a flag pole on his property in the affluent townhouse development. After Oulton was found guilty of violating the HOA’s by-laws, the flag pole was removed.
"I'm standing in my front yard being told the American flag is a visual nuisance,” Oulton said. “I think it's horrible, but I have to comply."
Now with the help of a Virginia state lawmaker, the HOA says Oulton can put the flag back up.
Oulton is planning to hold a flag-raising ceremony next month and says he wants to fly Old Glory in front of his house again to honor the memory of those from the 1/9 who lost their lives in Vietnam.
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