To the editor:

Recently there are person(s) taping up small flags all along the roads in the Gorge area. These flags are being hung up with wooden sticks and duct tape. The flags are being treated just like a “Garage Sale” sign that is put up and then almost never retrieved. What you are doing by placing flags next to the roads, and then leaving them to rot, is hurting every veteran and their families who have served, fought and/or given their life for what the flag represents. You are treating this symbol like roadside trash, and it is disrespectful and shameful.