A local Vietnam vet gets 1,700 flags closer to his goal of flying the POW/MIA flag wherever the American flag is thanks to Lowe’s
US and POW/MIA flag (Taken/Pixabay)
APRIL 13, 2024 LYNETTE HAZELTON - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
When it seemed like the country was forgetting those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice, Alan J. Micklin, 83, took up a one-man mission: to make sure that the National League of Families POW/MIA flag would fly wherever and whenever the U.S. flag flew.
The Bensalem man had the law on his side. In 1990, Congress designated the POW/MIA flag as our country’s symbol of concern for POWs and MIAs in Southeast Asia. Since 2019, the National POW/MIA Flag Act required the flag to be displayed beneath the American flag at prominent federal properties.
And now he has Lowe’s on his side.
The big accomplishment
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/a-local-vietnam-vet-gets-1700-flags-closer-to-his-goal-of-flying-the-pow-mia-flag-wherever-the-american-flag-is-thanks-to-lowes/
