She didn’t take the POW flag offered as a replacement. Hurlbert came out and took down the flag, saying she had researched the matter. He gave her a POW/MIA flag to fly in its place. Local veterans organized the protest after Don Van Beck, executive director of the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg shared photos of the flag with others.īy 4 p.m., about half a dozen veterans arrived at the party office, where Van Beck asked Hurlbert to remove the flag, telling her that it was in violation of federal flag code. A similar flag was available for sale on eBay for $12.95. The controversial flag has an image of Obama in the blue section where the stars are normally located. “I was surprised,” she said after taking down the flag. Months without any response from the public. Hurlbert said it was the first time that anyone had complained about the flag, which was given as a gift and had been flying for several A flag depicting an image of President Barack Obama was taken down from Lake County Democratic Party headquarters after several veterans complained it was a “desecration.”Ī short confrontation at the Democratic office ended when party chairwoman Nancy Hurlbert took down the controversial flag, which had been flying under an American flag on the same flagpole.
