Sen. Hassan to Biden: Return the POW/MIA flag to White House

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American Military News by  Shawne Wickham 1/25/2021

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, and two Senate colleagues are calling on President Joe Biden to return the POW/MIA flag to “its rightful place” atop the White House.

A 2019 law requires the flag, which honors American service members held prisoner or missing in action, be flown in designated locations, including the U.S. Capitol, the White House and national cemeteries.

During a Memorial Day event last year, the black flag was moved from atop the White House and placed in a new memorial garden on the White House grounds. The change was not announced, but the White House posted a 21-second YouTube video on June 18, showing uniformed service members raising the American and POW/MIA flags on a flagpole in a tree-lined grove under the heading: “Under President Trump, the POW/MIA flag flies 24/7 at the White House.”

The move prompted outrage from some veterans groups, including the Northeast POW/MIA Network, which has held a weekly vigil in Meredith’s Hesky Park for 34 years to honor and remember those held captive or missing in foreign wars. The group also sponsors an annual POW/MIA “freedom ride” to the lakeside park, where a memorial stone reads: “Let us not forget.”

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