Van T Barfoot has died... Screw his HOA Libtards!

Van T Barfoot has died...

  

Remember the
Guy who wouldn't take The flag pole Down

on his Virginia

 Property a While back?

You might Remember the news story several

Months ago About a crotchety old man in

Virginia who Defied his local

Homeowners Association,

And refused to take down the

Flag pole on His property along with the large

American flag He flew on it.

Now we learn Who that old man was.

On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in

Edinburg, Texas .

That probably didn't make News back Then.

But  

Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944,

Near
Carano  ,
Italy ,
That same Van T. Barfoot, Who had in

1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army,  set Out alone 

to Flank German machine gun Positions

From which gunfire was raining Down on his

Fellow soldiers.

His advance Took him through a minefield but

Having done So, he proceeded to single-handedly

Take out Three enemy machine gun positions,

Returning With 17 prisoners of war.

  

And if that Weren't enough for a day's work,    

 he Later Took on and

Destroyed three German tanks Sent to

Retake the machine gun positions.

That probably Didn't make much news either,

Given the Scope of the war, but it did earn

Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a Colonel after

Also serving In Korea and Vietnam , a well Deserved  

Congressional Medal of Honor.

What did make News...

Was his  Neighborhood Association's

Quibble with how the 90-year-old Veteran chose

To fly the American flag outside His suburban

Virginia home.

Seems the HOA rules Said it was

OK to fly a flag on a house-mounted Bracket, but,

For decorum, items such as 

Barfoot's  

21-foot Flagpole were "unsuitable".

Van Barfoot
Had been denied a permit for The pole, but

Erected it anyway and was facing Court action

Unless he agreed to take it down.

Then the HOA Story made national TV,

And the Neighborhood Association rethought

Its position And agreed to indulge this

Aging hero Who dwelt among them.

"In the Time I have left", he said to the

Associated Press, 

"I plan to continue To fly the

American flag without interference."

As Well he should.

And if any of his neighbors had taken a 

Notion to Contest him

Further, they might have done well to

Read his Medal of Honor citation first. 

Seems it Indicates 

Mr. Van Barfoot  wasn't

Particularly Good at

Backing down.

If you got
This emai and didn't pass it on -

Guess what -
You need your butt kicked

I sent this
To you, because I didn't want MY butt kicked!

    
WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!

                                          AND, BECAUSE OF OLD MEN                               

                           LIKE VAN BARFOOT!