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Veteran urges council to reconsider citation for oversized flag at Camping World
Summary
A local Navy veteran told council a large flag at a Camping World is a meaningful memorial for fallen service members and asked the city to reconsider an enforcement citation; the council heard the public comment during the comment period.
During the public comment period on June 12, Greenville resident and U.S. Navy veteran Kels Kelly asked the council to reconsider enforcement action related to an "oversized" flag flying at a local Camping World.
Kelly said the flag is more than fabric to many veterans and told the council the flag "is a living symbol of everything we stood for, everything we fought for, and in some cases, everything we've lost." He recounted the story of a friend, Navy sailor Brian Grosso, who died in service and said, "That flag isn't oversized to me. It's just big enough to carry the weight of my friend." Kelly asked the council not simply to view the issue as ordinance enforcement but to consider what the flag means to veterans.
The comment was delivered during the public comment period; the transcript does not record any immediate council action or vote in response to the comment.
